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the oppossum the Wallaby parts
of the kangarooh various birds indeed
most kind of birds are the chief animal
food except when they are near larger
rivers where they can obtain fish, eggs of birds they
are fond of the emu egg is thought a great [indecipherable]
There is scarcely a reptile the snake
not excepted which [words crossed out] does not serve
them as food. A grub found in trees
is particularly agreeable to them.
I remember one morning going on
forth [word crossed out] in the bush accompanied
by one of my young men, one apparently
perfectly civilized. He had just eaten
a hearty breakfast of [indecipherable]
& damper. But he noticed a little
hole in a tree & having with him a
[word crossed out] small wooden hook pushed it in
and drew out a grub apparently
very fat. This he at once swallowed
greedily. When I confessed my
astonishment that he coud eat such

the oppossum the Wallaby parts
of the kangarooh various birds indeed
most kind of birds are the chief animal
food except when they are near larger
rivers where they can obtain fish, eggs of birds they
are fond of the emu egg is thought a great [indecipherable]
There is scarcely a reptile the snake
not excepted which [words crossed out] does not serve
them as food. A grub found in trees
is particularly agreeable to them.
I remember one morning going on
forth [word crossed out] in the bush accompanied
by one of my young men, one apparently
perfectly civilized. He had just eaten
a hearty breakfast of [indecipherable]
& damper. But he noticed a little
hole in a tree & having with him a
[word crossed out] small wooden hook pushed it in
and drew out a grub apparently
very fat. This he at once swallowed
greedily. When I confessed my
astonishment that he coud eat such