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Title: Natives of Australia
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Thomas, Northcote Whitridge, 1868-
Subjects: Ethnology -- Australia Australia -- Social conditions Australia -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : A. Constable
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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when it was well heated, the kangarooplaced in it, skin and all, and covered with ashes; aslow fire was kept up, and when the baking was over,the kangaroo was laid on its back ; the abdomen wascut open as a preliminary and the intestines removed,leaving the gravy in the body, which was then cut upand eaten. The second method was to cut up the car-case and roast it, portion by portion. The blood wasmade into a sausage and eaten by the most importantman present. In Queensland the preparations are more elaborate.After the removal of the tail sinews, the limbs are dislo-cated to allow of their being folded over ; then thetongue is drawn out, skewered over the incisors, whichare used for spokeshaves, and would be damaged if ex-posed to direct heat; the intestines are removed andreplaced by heated stones, the limbs drawn to the sideof the body and the whole tied up in bark; then thebundle is put in the ashes and well covered over. In the Paroo district the kangaroo is steamed ; the Plate 20
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Tree-climbing, N. Clarence River (p. 105) CLIMBING 105 oven is made of stones and wet grass, and the wholecovered over with earth ; if the steam is not sufficient,holes are made and water is poured in. The wallaby is taken with nets or in cages placedalong its path. When this little kangaroo makes forshelter, it runs with its head down and consequentlydoes not see the trap. In some districts they aretrapped in pits, primarily intended to break their legs.The most ingenious method was in use in SouthAustralia: at the end of an instrument made of long,smooth pieces of wood was fixed a hawk skin, soarranged as to simulate the living bird. Armed withthis the hunter set out, and when he saw a wallaby heshook the rod and uttered the cry of a hawk ; thewallaby took refuge in the nearest bush, and thehunter stealing up, secured it with his spear. The opossom may be hunted on moonlight nights orat any time with dogs, but the commonest method isto examine the tree trunks for recent claw marks.W

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