They Also Gave Me Throwing Sticks,
Balls Of Hair String, A Shield And Tomahawk; And Received Numerous Costly
Presents From Us - One Or Two Old Shirts, Strips Of Coloured Handkerchief
To Make Sporrans Of, A Knife Or Two, And So Forth, And Were Perfectly
Satisfied.
A curious thing about the old Jew was that he had no name.
I
questioned him most closely through Tiger - but no! he had never had a
name. He was promptly christened "Jacob," which he repeated over and over
again, and seemed pleased with his new acquisition. Godfrey soon had some
of the tribe trained in the art of fishing, and this amused them
immensely; the man to whom we gave the line and hooks, which we got in
Hall's Creek, will be much envied by his mates. There were quantities of
mussels in the creek, which the blacks devour greedily; we thought them
most disgusting in taste. Larger fish were reported in the big lake, but
we did not trouble them. The water of the big lake was far too salt for
use, though the natives were camped near it and drink it. It makes them
sick, but they use it all the same, so we were told. What happens to all
the natives when the lake dries I cannot say; no doubt they scatter far
and wide, and meet when the floods come down, for ceremonies,
corroborees, and such-like amusements.
I collected a few words which I look upon as reliable. Nothing would be
easier than to make a whole dictionary, for the natives are always ready
to talk, but I have only taken words which I got from one and tested with
others with good results.
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