The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-30

Grange md clubs, As soon as they coma
/ I" a new camp the woman cuts the bark
and builds the hut, She then goes out and
digs roots picks fruit and climbs the trers
TO chop ont the larvae OF worms. which
SHE cooks for breakfast. Sp' often carries
her child with her while at this work iav.
Z ing 1t on the ground as she digs She cuts
the wood and carries the water, and when
she falls behind she Is usually sure Of a
whipping. As result Of such treatment
she ages rapidly, her hair grows gray ana
her face wrinkles, ana MS a rule sh. dies
at about 30. Even the men seldom live to
I he more than 30.
What the Natives Eat
The lives Of the ahorglncs ar shortened
Icy exposure and diet In point OF in elll.
gence they are said TO be as low as any
people Of the world, and they live aud nc.
more like animals than human beings. Their
food Is largely vegetable, Including an sorts
Of roots They thrash seeds out of differ
ent kinds Of grasses and collect weeds
which they cat as VIC do water cress ana
lettuce. One of their fayorite dishes is
Wild honey, which they find In tn. hollow
trees. They collect wild fruits and their
bread Is made of grass seeds moistcned and
ground between stones Into flour This
hour Is then made into dough ard eaten
either cooked or raw.
Among the curious Yiands OF which they
are fond are ants worms aud srakes There
2fc ants all over Australia, and certain
varieties Of them are caught by the Gbo Z
ines. The native stands upon an ant hill
and stamps with his feet, whereupon the
ans run W his legs. After his shanks are
well coated he scrapes them cn and eats
them. The larger kind of ants are roasted
Another deiicacy is the beetle. which Is
consumed both I'm the worm or larya and
In the matnred insect, The worms are
picked out of the rotten trees and cooked
IN rcd hot ashes. Foreigners who nave
eaten them say they are not at all bad,
and that they look and taste much ike an
omelet.
Snakes of all kinds are caught and roast.
go, and also lizards, especially the iguanA.
The iguana is an enormous lizard. 1t Is
eaten throughout South America ana has
flesh much like that Of a Young chicken
It's eggs are a delicacy and are greedy
deyoured by the sarages,
The natives are also fond of grasshop
perS and locusts. There are sometimes
swarms Of the latter, when tie Women
gather them by the basketfu and the ppo
pie have n great feast. They lrst throw
the grasShOpDers Into the hrn to hurn ,,fr
the wings and legs and then DRAG them ont
and roast each grasshopper separately. THIS
bssh SO prepared tastes not unlike rcnst.
ed chestnuts.
AS Hunters and Trackers.
The Australians tell me that the natives
have more ability than Is generally SUP
posed. They show the evidence Of reason
ing powers and are such excellent Il. ,ters
ana traeIers that they are largely emnlo, cd
as such by the whites. Here IN Queens
land they take The place that hlooihonnas
had IN slavery days, They can trAil any.
thing. They Follow criminals ON horsebpek
and almost Invariably catch them. rhero
aye now l2i such men on the OupensIanj
police force, each Of whom receives a soi
arI OF about 10 cents a DAY and his fnnd
as hunters they catch The largest c,,ne
MltnoW hrearms. They trap emua bnni
,hg them with native dogs, Jrlrinx Then
INTO nets and catching them in pitfalls H.
S na %llds re hunters STATION Themselves
near me water holes ana wait mil rSs
emu comes down 10 drink They ths, liz
up net across It's path, drive II in ma
Mheh II mas become entangled des-ri,v -
Win their spears, clubs or bo1msr,nss'
.athisy nave call by which thAv mira.
,nf voice OF the emu, much as orr n,,,,,,
.aiheefs do that Of the turkey In wv
bb x SS,5 hunting. The emu whistle il mnde
~ ~ Pounalng on a piece Of hollow LOO IL
sun way that Il gives forth n necn,,sn
souna. sometimes man viii cover h,n,
~, VII nnshes aud thus sneak upon ~.
10, nangaroos are caught In nets and 49,.
as9 run down With doEs aud snsars sEe
nslyes trap birds OF ali Kinds and l., ne
ssss OF wsya. They catch r,gss,.,,u AZ
sASssinE nsts syAr them a. .Asy IL sha,,s