Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; . oologist had yet studiedthe fauna of the far west. With my limited acquaintancewith Australian bush-life I was happy to get a com-panion ; he had a waggon drawn by three horses, so thatour days journey was comparatively short, which was agreat advantage to me. I thus had the opportunity ofmaking many digressions on the way, and of procuring manyanimals, while my companion preceded me. The greaterpart of the day I was occupied on my own account inhunting and in preparing my game
Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; . oologist had yet studiedthe fauna of the far west. With my limited acquaintancewith Australian bush-life I was happy to get a com-panion ; he had a waggon drawn by three horses, so thatour days journey was comparatively short, which was agreat advantage to me. I thus had the opportunity ofmaking many digressions on the way, and of procuring manyanimals, while my companion preceded me. The greaterpart of the day I was occupied on my own account inhunting and in preparing my game. In the course of theafternoon I overtook the waggon, the track of which I wasalways able to follow. 32 AMONG CANNIBALS CHAP. At sunset we encamped for the night, and the horseswere let loose with their forefeet hobbled. We made alarge fire and prepared our supper, which, as is common inthe bush, consisted of salt beef and damper. The latter is thename of a kind of bread made of wheat flour and dough is shaped into a flat, round cake, which is bakedin red-hot ashes. This bread looks very inviting, and. HEAD OF MORE PORK {Podargus cuvierU), tastes very good, as long as it is fresh, but it soon becomeshard and dry. After supper we immediately made up our beds, whichconsisted simply of a waterproof laid on the ground andsome woollen blankets. For the sake of convenience weusually slept under the waggon with the fire before there is no other roof for the Australian travellerthan the sky, and this is, as a rule, quite sufficient in Western Ill JOURNEYING WESTWARD i^ Queensland, where no dew falls except immediately afterthe rainy season. On the coast it is, however, necessary tobe more prudent; if you do not sleep in a tent, you shouldat least take care to have something over your head, soas not to inhale the dew. A couple of boughs will ofterianswer—a precaution never taken by the careless bushmen. How well one feels in this out-of-door life! When welie do
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