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water turtle ; frogs of different kinds ; rats and 
mice ; lizards, and most kinds of snakes and rep- 
tiles ; grubs of all kinds ; moths of several va- 
rieties ; fungi, and many sorts of roots ; the leaves 
and tops of a variety of plants ; the leaf and fruit 
of the mesembryanthemum ; various kinds of fruits 
and berries ; the bark from the roots of many trees 
and shrubs ; the seeds of leguminous plants ; gum 
from several species of acacia ; different sorts of 
manna ; honey from the native bee, and also from 
the flowers of the Banksia, by soaking them in 
water ; the tender leaves of the grass- tree ; the 
larvae of insects ; white ants ; eggs of birds ; 
turtles or lizards ; many kinds of kangaroo ; opos- 
sums ; squirrels, sloths, and wallabies ; ducks ; 
geese ; teal ; cockatoos ; parrots ; wild dogs and 
wombats ; the native companion ; the wild turkey ; 
the swan ; the pelican ; the leipoa, and an endless 
variety of water-fowl, and other descriptions of 
birds. 
Of these articles, many are not only procurable 
in abundance, but in such vast quantities at the 
proper seasons, as to afford for a considerable length 
of time an ample means of subsistence to many 
hundreds of natives congregated in one place ; and 
these are generally the kinds of food of which the 
natives are particularly fond. On many parts of 
the coast, and in the larger inland rivers, fish are 
obtained of a very fine description, and in great 
abundance. At Lake Victoria, which is filled with 
