Notebook about Groote Eylandt kept by Elizabeth A. Taylor, 1937-1939 - Page 17

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                         Burrawong.nut  Cont.                   47

for months as stores_

2nd method. Burrawong nut thrown on the fire

then cracked open then flattened into discs

between two stones. then washed in water

& left to soak one night, eaten next day

in flattened discs. The leaves are

put round the Burrawong while being

soaked. to prevent [??] from [??]

Unsoaked Burrawong nut is poisonous

Dillan Nuts  grow on a tree _ these

trees grow quite big & tall _ the nuts

grow in long pods & the pods in big

bunches _ The pod is dark brown

when ripe & the nut small & yellow

The pods are cooked & then the nuts

are eaten _

The natives make string out of the

bark of the Dillan tree_ the bark is

chewed first, then washed & then dried_

& made into string.

The nut can be eaten uncooked The  

fibre in pod (green) causes blindness  

if eyes are rubbed.