Box 5/Item 21: Notebook re. Aboriginal languages, sign language, songs and tribes, undated - Page 34

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Mingul  (Engelba)

Leaves collected, dried in Sun

placed in small bags, crushed.

Quantity later placed on

stone-slab and ground fine

with handstone.   Eucalyptus bark

burned, stuck in ground with  

ashes on top.   A [number?] of such,

every now and then one taken  

and the hot ashes mixed with  

mingul as it is being ground

The fine powder placed in  

bag and small amount placed  

in mouth as required.

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