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collect oil tin.' surfaces and also in the crevices of 

 tlir iiinsscs nroniiiitc In iiicrcdiljlc (|iKintities : to 

 procure tliciii with greater facility, the natives 

 makfe smotliered iires imderiifi^^b those rocks 

 &hmt wlilcli ikty a^e^ cdleetedf told solb^^ 

 them M'ith smoke, at tlie same time sweeping- 

 them oti" fn-quently in lni:ihels-fiill at a time. 

 After they have collected a hirgc quantity, they 

 proceed to prepare them, which is done iit the 



A ciita^t space is eleari'd upon the ground » 

 of a size proportioned to the ninnher of insect^l to 

 be jjrepared ; on it a fire is lighted and kept 

 burning until the ground is considered to be suf- 

 fidenfly heated, w^en, tie fire beings TeUfSeved, 

 «ttdtlie aslie? ch'ared !i\va\ , tlic mollis are placed 

 upon the heated ground, and slirred about until 

 tlie down and wings are rcmoxeil from them ; 

 they are then placed on pieces of bark, and 



witli the bdfdi^t ^^^f at^ then es^t&m^ m 

 placed into a wooden vessel ealh'd a '* Wal- 

 bun. ur Cnlihun,"* and ponnded by a piece 

 of wood into masses or cakes resembling lumps 

 of fat, and tmy be compared hi cbioor and 



♦ I'lie " Walbun,*" or " Culibuiij" is usuiill^ uimlc from 

 trunks of the targ« Eucaljrptt trees* 



