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that could be pushed up to push the tinder up to the
pipe = we all used them. Blacks & Whites = the two
ends were connected by a short fine chain = we
used to use the Punk off the Gum trees for tinder) Well
they got out the tinder box, and began to fill it _ but as
soon as they poured in the rum at one end it ran out
at the other = I was enjoying the fun of it, when Peter
sliped up behind me and caucht my arms back
so that all I could was to kick, and Paddy began
to try and pour the Rum down my throat, I could not
keep my mouth shut for laughing and got a good
dose _ but most of it went over my shirt = I stank of rum =
They used to make long cuts on the upper part of the arm
and on the chest, and back, and someway, I do not know
how it was done, but when the cuts healed up they left
big ridges, which used to show plainly, This was only
to be seen on men that had grown up before we
came, They were begining to either advance or go back,
which ever way you may look at it = none of the young
men were game they used to say. The Women were
a dirty lot never used any clothes but an Opossum rug
or a blanket, they fastened the blanket with what
they called "Currapah" it was the bone of a Paddy-
melon's leg ground down to a fine point, a skewer in
fact, this was stuck through the blanket or rug at
the neck and the blanket covered them up, but
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