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Fish they sometimes spear [word crossed out] often they
catch them with their hands.[words crossed out] On the
larger rivers, such as the Barwon, they
have nets. Their utensils consist almost
entirely in wooden vessels of smaller or larger size [words crossed out]
[words crossed out] varying
[margin: a block of wood is hollowed out with much perseverance]
from a quart or two to three or four gallons in
measure, to fetch water in. Warm water
in their original state is made by hot stones
being successively ]thrown into their vessels of
water. Fire they make [crossed out: with two pieces of
wood] by means of friction, for
instance, they will lay a flat piece on the ground
or on a stone & take a pointed stick twirling it
around upon the flat peice like a spindle so as to bore a hole
into it continuing the action till the wood ignites.
But you may guess they prefer to this tedious
method of making fire the flint & steel or else
matches if they are shown them from Europeans.
As mimicks they excel, they have a surprising
aptitude to imitate any thing [crossed out: Strange as]
odd & ridiculous they may notice, since they
not infrequently amuse themselves by mimicking
any oddities they notice in Europeans. At the