Notebook about Groote Eylandt kept by Elizabeth A. Taylor, 1937-1939 - Page 28

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large nut containing little yellow

nuts, which natives eat_

They peel off outside layer of bark

& take inside layer which contains

a viscid fluid - this layer is well

chewed until all stickiness dis-

appears then the residue is made  

into string _ they also use length

of chewed bark, which is dried

for making chu-chu or u-gulk-[has?].

ugoo-roo-ra  a small skimpy

shrub with long narrow leaves

has thorns _ no good for food.

The natives scrape off the thin bark

& then scrape off the inside skin  &

soak in water _ this the naties

drink for Colic. Very good.

Ul-largan-grup-pa

A big tree _  grows all over the  

island _  has a very long trunk

with branches at the top_ bark