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Diet -

Nuts of nutwood, cracked with stone ham-

mer (coup de poing). Small amydaloid

nuts, insipid nut flavour. Native name

padigi (Pigeon Hole). Tataji (Roper River)

  

The large stringy pine apple shaped fruits of pandanus are

placed in water and allowed to stand for

a while. The water acquires a sweetish

flavour. May ferment (Leichhardt)

  

The seed capsules of lotus lily are

collected and cooked, seeds are very

nice to eat.

  

Yanus require special treatment by

soaking in water, if not they are too

hot to the tongue and palate, and the

blacks describe the effect as "fire jump

up long a ---" (back passage).

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