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a lawyer-cane dillybag, through which the creek (he., running) water is made to percolate, and there it 
remains until the following morning, when it is ready to eat. On the Lower Tully River, after the beans 
have been gathered, the nuts are removed and placed in heaps in the ground-ovens. After covering with 
leaves and sand a fire is lit on top, with the result that the nuts are practically steamed, a process 
occupying from a few hours up to a whole day. When removed, they are sliced up very fine with a snail- 
shell knife and put in dillybags in a running stream for quite a couple of days, when they are ready. If 
not sliced up very tine, the bitter taste remains.—(North Queensland Ethnography, Bulletin No. 3, 
Dr. W. E. Roth.) 
No. 25. Part, VII. 
Eucalyptus maculata , Hook., f. 
THE SPOTTED GUM. 
(Natural Order Myrtacea:.) 
Aboriginal Names. —See vol. i, p. 154. 
The aboriginal name at Ulladulla, given me by a very old black gin as “Tarrana” or “Thurrana,” with 
the accent on the second syllable. The name is practically that which you quote from Forester Allan.-— 
(R. H. Cambage.) 
Habitat. —See vol.-i, p. 164. 
Following are localities handy to Sydney Liverpool to Campbelltown. At 
3 miles from the former town there is much Spotted Gum, and thence on to the 
Bringelly Hoad. 
On another road leading out of Liverpool there is plenty of Spotted Gum 
before Bonnyrigg is reached, i.e., on the Badgery’s Creek Hoad there is plenty up to 
6 or 7 miles. 
The following note concerns the Queensland tree:— 
Plentiful in coastal ranges and for a considerable distance inland in some parts, especially in the 
vicinity of the Western line, between Chinchilla and Miles. A large tree, with smooth deciduous bark, 
sometimes of a red colour. Wood of a grey colour and greasy nature ; very tough and elastic. Used for 
beams, girders, and other bridge-work ; frame-work of railway carriages, dray shafts, and for general 
building purposes, especially where strength and elasticity are required. An excellent timber, standing 
a greater strain than any of our hardwoods ; but is not suitable for placing in the ground.—( Catal. 
Queensland Forestry Museum, 1004.) 
ILLUSTRATION. 
Photo, by Kerry ifc Co., of a tree at Little River, near Dalmorton, Grafton district. Height, 
alleged to be 300 feet (1 J.H.M.); girth, 18 feet. 
No. 26. Part VII. 
Baloghia lucida , Endl. 
THE BRUSH BLOOD WOOD. 
(Natural Order Euphorbiacea.) 
Habitat. —See vol. i, p. 167. 
Mr. B. H. Cambage records this species from as far south as Milton. 
