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FOOD FORBIDDEN AT 
of fungi, the old male and female opossum, a kind 
of wallabie (linkara), three kinds of fish (toor-rue, 
toitchock, and boolye-a), the black duck, widgeon, 
whistling duck, shag (yarrilla), eagle, female water- 
mole (nee-witke), two kinds of turtles (rinka and 
tung-kanka), and some other varieties of food. 
When young men they are disallowed the black 
duck, the widgeon, the whistling duck, the emu, the 
eggs of the emu, a fish called kalapko, the red 
kangaroo, the young of other kinds of kangaroo, 
if taken from the pouch ; a kind of shag called 
yarrilla, the snake (yarl-dakko), the white crane, the 
eagle, a kind of water- mole (nee-witke), two kinds 
of turtle (rinka and tung-kanka), the musk-duck, 
the native dog, the large grub dug out of the ground 
(ronk), a vegetable food called war-itch (being that 
the emu feeds upon), the native companion, bandi- 
coot, old male opossum, wallabie (linkara), coote, 
two fishes (toor-rue and toit-chock), &c. &c. 
Married men, until from thirty-five to forty years 
of age, are still forbidden the red kangaroo, the 
young of any kangaroo from the pouch, the fish 
kelapko, the shag yarrilla, the coote, the white crane, 
the turtle rinka, the native companion, the eagle, &c. 
Young females, before the breasts are fully deve- 
loped, are disallowed the young of any of the kan- 
garoo species if taken from the pouch, the red 
kangaroo, the white crane, the bandicoot, the native 
companion, the old male opossum, the wallabie 
(linkara), the shag (yarrilla), the eagle, &c. 
