28o ADVENTURES OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER ch. 
Lepalie is the name given to a honey found in the 
hollows of trees and gathered by a fly a little larger 
than the ordinary house-fly. Another fly, called 
lependura, and almost identical with the ordinary 
house-fly, secretes a deliciously-flavoured honey in 
the earth. 
The tuberous roots of a forest creeper, called 
hanguy, are used by the natives when short of other 
kinds of food, but a lengthy process of preparation, 
resembling that used in the manufacture of tapioca, 
is necessary before they are edible. After boiling 
for about two hours, the tubers are peeled and 
sliced, and the slices are then boiled for about eight 
hours, after which they are dried in the sun and 
ground to a flour. Hanguy roots are very poisonous, 
and unless the poison is thoroughly extracted, death 
usually supervenes about two hours after the 
unfortunate consumer has partaken of them, the 
patient losing his power of speech and behaving as 
if he had been bitten by a snake. 
Acca is the name given by the natives to a small, 
green shrub, which grows about a foot in height, 
and bears a pale green fruit of a pleasant, sweetish 
taste. The fruit is boiled and skinned. The 
remaining kernels are then allowed to simmer from 
eight to ten hours, and are afterwards dried in the 
sun, but preparatory to consumption, they must be 
boiled again for another hour, in order to soften 
