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Vocabulary of 
shake well,” is a compliment which alludes to the curious 
shaking of their knees in the dance—a difficult and es¬ 
teemed accomplishment. 
A girl has little to look forward to but a life of toil 
and degradation. She must learn to collect the different 
species of barti , or grubs*, with the palya, a small hook, 
or with a rude spade ( karko) ; also the kadngi , or 
native ants, which are frequently eaten.f She must dig 
for roots with the stick called Tiatta , prepare the kan¬ 
garoo skins ( kartando ) by rubbing them with stones, and 
steep the tarnma , or honeysuckle blossom, in water to 
make a sweet drink. 
The larger game and vegetables are cooked in the 
following manner :—A hole ( kanyayappa ) is dug in the 
ground, and a fire kindled in it, upon which stones are 
laid to be heated. During the time these are being 
heated they prepare the game or vegetable, and then 
remove the stones and larger remains of wood; and, if 
they stew a kangaroo, they first fill the inside with part 
of the hot stones, and leaves of the gum tree. The 
kangaroo is then put into the hole, and covered with 
leaves, the remaining hot stones, bark, and earth. It 
remains there for an hour or more, until steam escapes 
from different parts: when this takes place, the meat, 
or whatever is cooking, is sufficiently done (Vocabulary, 
kanyancli). Their other arts are, to spin manga 
(thread), with the cross pieces of wood called manga - 
tatta and manga-yainki (they use for the purpose the 
fibres of the warnpa , an aquatic plant, and the hair and 
sinews of animals),—to make rush bags ( tainkyedli ) 
* Men also collect them; it being the business of the man to col¬ 
lect animal food. The species living in the bark of trees is eaten 
only by the men. The wild dog is appropriated to the elders. — T. 
t The female white ant is eaten.—T. 
