"Black Bokis" on the Menu

When recently the guest of a New Caledonian st coast land holder, the Australian Consul Noumea, Dr. John Cumpston, sampled for [?]e first time a New Caledonian "national" [?]sh, flying fox, known in other parts of the V Pacific as "black bokis". Dr. Cumpston tes it as "excellent". Cooked in wine as mpled by Dr. Cumpston, the dish is described ; a mouth waterer. Dr. Cumpston in the cture is seen holding one of these giant uit bats—"roussettes" to give them their ench name. —Photo by F. E. Dunn.