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shayes at Jan 20, 2023 12:43 AM

FL661415

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

FL661415

Fish they sometimes spear often they
catch them with their hands. On the
larger rivers, such as the Barwon, they
have nets. Their [indecipherable] consist almost
entirely in [crossed out: smaller & larger vessels being mainly a piece of wood hollowed and] [in margin: a block of wood is hollowed out with much [indecipherable] [indecipherable]] wooden vessels of smaller & larger size varying
from a quad 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 [indecipherable]thrown into their vessels of
water. Fire they make [crossed out: with two pieces of
wood] by means of friction between two pieces of wood. For
instance, they will lay a flat piece on the ground
or on a stone & take a pointed stick twisting it
around upon the flat peice like a spindle so as to bore a hole
into it [indecipherable] 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 [indecipherable]
aptitude to imitate any thing [crossed out: Strange as]
odd & [indecipherable] they may [indecipherable], [indecipherable] they
not infrequently amuse themselves by mimicking
any oddities they [indecipherable] in Europeans. At the