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 | | Common foodstuffs included two species of fish caught in the rivers, barking deer and reindeer, wild boar, macaw monkeys, cobras and pythons, pheasants, woodcocks, doves -- and water buffalo, on special occasions such as births and marriages. |
 | | The favoured and commonest meat belonged to the barking deer, which typically yielded 20kg of tasty meat, enough to feed a whole longhouse. |
 | | The men hunted barking deer at night with the aid of powerful torches, locating the barking deer by the thrashing or rustle in the underbrush, then slowly approaching within shooting range, shining the torch towards the deer to blind it, and shooting it. |
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