CHAPTER III.
FOOD--HOW PROCURED--HOW PREPARED--LIMITATION AS TO AGE, ETC., ETC.
The food of the Aborigines of Australia embraces an endless variety of articles, derived both from the animal and vegetable kingdom.

The different kinds in use depend in a great measure upon the season of the year and local circumstances.

Every district has in it something peculiar to itself.

The soil and climate of the continent vary greatly in their character and afford a corresponding variety of productions to the Aborigines.

As far as it is yet known there are no localities on its coast, no recesses in its interior, however sterile and inhospitable they may appear to the traveller, that do not hold out some inducements to the bordering savage to visit them, or at proper seasons of the year provide him with the means of sustenance.