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FRUITS AND BERRIES. 
have visited, and is eaten as a sort of relish with 
almost every other kind of food. That which 
grows upon the elevated table lands is preferred to 
that which is found in the valleys. It is selected 
when the full vigour of the plant begins to decline 
and the tips of the leaves become red, but before 
the leaf is at all withered. The fruit is used both 
when first ripe and also after it has become dried 
up and apparently withered. In each case it has 
an agreeable flavour and is much prized by the 
natives. 
Many other descriptions of fruits and berries are 
made use of in different parts of the continent, the 
chief of which, so far as their use has come under 
my own observation, are — 
1 . A kind of fruit called in the Moorunde dialect 
“ ketango,” about the size and shape of a Siberian 
crab, but rounder. When this is ripe, it is of a deep 
red colour, and consists of a solid mealy substance, 
about the eighth of an inch in thickness, enclosing a 
large round stone, which, upon being broken, yields a 
well-flavoured kernel. The edible part of the fruit has 
an agreeable acid taste, and makes excellent puddings 
or preserves, for which purpose it is now exten- 
sively used by Europeans. The shrub on which 
this grows, is very elegant and graceful, and varies 
from four to twelve feet in height.* When in full 
bearing, nothing can exceed its beauty, drooping 
beneath its crimson load. 
Another shrub found in the scrubs, may some- 
* A species of fusanus. 
