More Than One
House Now Stands On The Margin Of This Lagoon, But Their Inhabitants Are
Still Afraid To Bathe In The Broad Sheet Of Water Spread So Invitingly
Before Them.
Having secured our game, we returned to the boat, and after plucking and
splitting open the birds, some were roasted over the fire for immediate
use, but by far the greater number were boiled in a pot, which was portion
of the boat's furniture when on an expedition.
One of the troopers had
with a tomahawk stripped off a sheet of bark, and on this was manufactured
a gigantic damper. For the information of such of my readers as may be
unacquainted with Australia, I must explain that damper is unleavened
bread, well kneaded and baked in the ashes. But simple though such a rough
form of loaf may seem from the above description, it is in reality a very
difficult thing to turn out a thoroughly good damper, and only practice
will enable the new-comer to obtain the sleight of hand necessary for the
production of a first-rate specimen. In form a damper resembles a flat
cheese of two or three inches thick, and from one to two feet in diameter.
Great care and much practice are requisite to form this shape so that no
cracks shall appear, and when this is done the work is by no means over,
for the exact heat of the fire must be judged by the cook, otherwise he
will either burn up his dough, or it will come out a crude, sodden,
uneatable mass.
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