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he was doing with the fire stick and bark
and said he had better make fire in
a big fig tree that was near so that the sparks
might fall down to this world," I can't see
any sence in it, except it refers to falling stars
and the meaning of it was lost Their idea
of the changes in the weather after a thunderstorm
was not bad, Boney has told me, "You see that
fellow thunder bin go back, that fellow ben
call him out = then cloud bin come up" referring
to the scud coming up to meet the storm from
the South as it often does, There are many funny
yarns I could tell you but I think I have told
you enough to form some idea of them = One more
yarn = they had a great idea of the value of a
letter = Mr Delemore Wynter ws wakened up
by "Old Ye lumpy" = a regular old Myal =(a
down the river Black) one night, and Yelumpy
wanted Mr Wynter to give him a "paper news"
"Bony bin take im my woman - you give
me paper news, that fellow bring him back."
A man who kep a store down the River (Mr
Newton, Pellecan island) told me that one day
a Blackfellow came to the store carrying a good sized
cedar board threw it down, asked what that was
for = only said "paper news" When Mr Newton looked
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