68 THE ABORIGINES OF THE LOWER MURRAY, LOWER 
red gum, pine, and salt-bush; this latter is specially good for 
making the rubber, and is consequently always employed for this 
purpose when comeatable. 
Or Baanaats. 
In nearly every tribe there is one member who is esteemed 
learned beyond the average aboriginal ; his profession is that of 
Baangal (doctor or magician), and he is supposed to be end 
with powers far beyond the finite grasp of humanity in general; 
before he returns, in a manner equally full of mystery to that of 
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= departure. On some of those occasions he brings the desired 
$ ation, mn ers ain, 
sought for was not for them to pry into, therefore had better be 
