This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...which they called Ilka-lakulaka. The surface of the water was covered with a thick green scum, which they swished off with their tails before drinking. Then they cooked and eat the kangaroo. Travelling on they made more equina, and the 'next night had to camp without any food. At daybreak they heard the wild dogs ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...which they called Ilka-lakulaka. The surface of the water was covered with a thick green scum, which they swished off with their tails before drinking. Then they cooked and eat the kangaroo. Travelling on they made more equina, and the 'next night had to camp without any food. At daybreak they heard the wild dogs howling. The younger brother went a roundabout way and hid behind a bush, while the elder went in a direction from which he could drive them straight towards where his younger brother was hidden. The latter killed one and chased another into a hole, up to which both of the brothers came. They looked down and discussed the best way in which to get him out. The younger brother suggested digging him out with yam-sticks, but the elder said, " No, I will tear the hole open with my tail"; he did so, and the younger brother caught hold of the dog and killed him as he came out and tried to run away. They called the place Tjapa, which means tearing out. They carried the dogs to Undatja, where they found water, cooked and eat the animals, eating them all up insides and everything, because they were very hungry. The elder brother was now getting very tired, and told his brother that he thought he would lose him soon. Still they travelled on, constantly making equina, the younger brother in the lead, the elder brother beginning to fall a little behind. They found an Iltjiquarra--a black lizard--and the elder brother said to him, "Why do you sit down altogether black?" Then the Iltjiquarra went to one side of the track and the Parenthies to the other, the latter saying to the former, " We start away from here at break of day tomorrow." They named that place Iltjiquarrapinna. The elder brother was now so weak that he could not walk ...
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