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They had a spicey flavour = something like nutmeg
There were other fruits that were eaten "Nibit" = Yea bit
that was the winged seed of the Stewewood, native
Tamarinds = (Gerramit) native grapes = the children used
to roast them, and Yeabit they roasted = all no good
to Whites = The best thing in that way was made from
the seeds of the Zamia, there name for it was "Mo" it is
better known all over Australia by the name of Burrawong
from the sound I take that to be the name given to the
plant by some of the Southern Tribes = perhaps the
Sydney or Botny Tribes = They took the ripe seeds, roasted
them removed the shell then gave them a slight
pounding between two stones, only enough to smash
them up and put them into one of the nets - or
knitted bags that the women made and put them
into a running Creek or in one of the falls of the
River - with a stone on the bag to keep it from washing
away so that the water passed through the net and
carried away al the poison from the seeds = It realy
was not bad, I used to think it was the best thing they
made up, at any rate one could eat that and
know it was clean. It had to remain in the
water for nine or ten days. Eaten raw the seeds
were poisonous = There is a much larger kind
called "Kineybuck" which grows on the Johns River
and the head of the Keelekakh Creek = These foods
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