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Ip^lisi^j &c. ; but wliuu the fibres of the bark mu 

 III a ]>firallel direction, tlie wootl uf tlie tr<'e is 

 also found to correspond, aiuL the grain being 

 gtraiglit is readily split into rails, posts, or applied 



by the setflei*. The wood of tlie box-tree" 

 {Eucahjptus manfuiata?) is considered very 

 durable for flooring boards, shin<2,'Ies, itc, and 

 the young trees for shafts of gigs ; lor the latter 

 pnrpose it is donstdex^d ^ ittaiiy p^tsolti^ i20t ti9 

 be siiTpaisse4 fey mf olto t$i wood in lihe 



l5oIony. 



The usnal mode of cooking among* the native 

 tribes, is by throwing the food upon the fire to 

 broil, or tfi^ef t6 get half-t<m0ted) iia wKfch 



^t& it is eaten ; or a native ov<ejl. is^niade in the 

 ground, similar to those in nse among the New 

 ZeahnuUn':^, and tliroughout tlie Polynesian 

 Archipchigo.* The remarks nnule on tbe elia- 

 ^sbOletU^ feftta^@9 a^d ititelieettml capacities 



* At l^ew iSeatland a pit is dug in the grountt, in which 

 Srtrae Btone? are placed, imd ^ J^e Kghteil upon them, and 

 aniisiied to renmin until tbifjfw w$U-he»ted; after Uu» &e 

 h rj&itioved, water id idbsemn (mt tha stoneS) and damp lMe^ 



|dd£6d s3fiO'tl|kdil t1i'i»ii>' Whi^^^ causes niuch stoam tC^'dnS^r; 

 the moat, potatoes, ^^c, :uv tht'tt |il;icL'il into this oven, en- 

 veloped in leaves, and iJie whole eiUhel} covered with earth; 



it rMottd^ fi?t ttear an Itoutv whfsx the cookui^ proeess is 

 fbiuid to he completed. 



