ROOTS, &c. 
WILD ROOTS AND FRUITS USED FOR FOOD. 
There is a large bulbous root, called tamma, 
on which the natives live during part of the year. 
It is nearly the size of a man's head, and is of a 
very purgative nature. A large and a small 
species of crocus-root are much used for food at 
another season. They often gather a black berry, 
grovv^ing on bushes, which abound in different 
parts of the country. Some of these are used as 
they come from the bush ; others are dried and 
pounded into meal, which they afterwards make 
into very palatable cakes ; these cakes, crumbled, 
are mixed with milk, affording a pleasant be- 
verage. There is another description of berry, 
which grows chiefly in the vicinity of Old Lat- 
takoo, but not so plentifully as the former. It 
is used much in the same way, but its flavour is 
more highly esteemed. 
COOKING, &c. 
Some parts of the animal which is killed they 
roast, other parts they boil, and frequently they 
cut the flesh into small pieces. The heart, liver, 
lights, and paunches they mince, after they are 
boiled, and, mixing them with fat, boil them a 
-second time, which generally constitutes the first 
