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and put on the fire and cooked = when done they
were full of gravey - they took care not to loose any of that
but drank it all up = Bears, Bandicoot & Kangaroos the
same = it was a strange thing, Dogs would not eat
Bandicoot, cooked or uncooked, although half starved
they would not eat a bit = but if scalded like a pig
it was not bad eating = cooked like sucking pig it was
not unlike it, Kangaroo Rat was quite eaqual to
Rabbit = [Paddymelon was not bad eating = we often
used them at first, and I have had stakes of Wallaby
very nice. Diamond snake was a favourite, I have
tasted it but did not like it, Flying Fox they liked
that was beyond me, I drew the line at Fox,_ I have
tasted most of their foods - but not that, I have seen
an old Gin take a Flying Fox and put it to her nose
seem quite to enjoy the sent and keep on doing it as
if it was something lovely = Turtles were roasted and
eaten and the eggs were hunted = I never saw them
cook them = perhaps they did but I have always
seen them eaten raw = like Goosberries = rather risky
to do I fancy = but it made no diference to them
if there was a young turtle inside, The Grubs were
eaten bothe cooked and raw. if they cut out one of the
Longicorns that the grubs turned to = if not too old they
would pull off the wing cases and roast and eat
it, They used the roots of the large rush that you will
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