50 THE ABORIGINES OF THE LOWER MURRAY, LOWER 
is cooked. During the whole process the water never actuall 
When cooked, this mess looks altogether so disgusting that I 
never had the temerity to taste of it, although I have eaten most 
kinds of aboriginal food, and frequently with enjoyment. 
GAMES, 
consequently distasteful, whereas playing games, however hard they 
may work in doing so, is merely recreation, and not at all incumbent ; 
play is therefore held in high esteem and enjoyed accordingly. 
uring summer, when food of all kinds is abundant and pro- 
curable with little labour, the friendly tribes have great gatherings, 
at which wrestlings and other games constitute the business of the 
