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 14 Boyngadak, a.—Fat; stout; it is sometimes used in the sense of handsome; a fat person being a rarity among the natives.

Boyn, s.—Fat; grease; the fat of meat; oil of any sort. Grease to anoint or smear themselves with seems necessary to the health of the aborigines; they otherwise become covered with scurf, and are subject to violent cutaneous disorders.

Boynkot-yak, s.—Marrow; literally the fat matter of bones.

Brigo, s.—An edible red root resembling the Bohrn.

Bru, ad.—See Bart.—No; not; without. Always used as an affix—as Wangabru, don't speak; Bukabru, naked, without a cloak.

Buatu, s.—Oxura australis. A bird of the duck kind, with very small wings, migratory, and found only in one season on the fresh-water lakes.

Budibudi, s—Hirundo. White-throated swallow.

Budjan, s.—Dryandria Fraseri (a shrub). The flower abounds in honey, and is much sought after by the natives. See But-yak.

Budjan, v.—Pres. part., Budjanin; past tense, Budjannăga. To pluck feathers from a bird.

Budjin, s.—A small species of ant, very troublesome about sugar and meat, which should be covered or hung up.

Budjor, s.—Earth; the ground. The predominant colour of the earth is red; the qualities various, and varying rapidly and unaccountably from one quality to another, as from sand to clay, or to loamy soil, and from sterile to fertile, frequently without any apparent cause. In the York district there are several parallel veins or belts of land which extend for a considerable distance, nearly in a north and south direction. These veins are much superior in fertility to the adjacent lands, and composed of rich, dark vegetable mould. Being generally bare of trees, and covered with rich grass alone, they are locally called "clear streaks." No probable cause has yet been assigned for this appearance.

Budtallang, s.—Pelicanus, Nov. Holl.; Pelican. These birds are frequently seen to come from the interior, across the York districts.

Budto, s.—The bark of the Djarryl, or mahogany tree, or any other of the gum-tree species.

Budulu, s.—Calm weather favourable for fishing; applied also to a space of smooth, glassy water.

Buggalo (Vasse.)—To him.

Buggalong (Vasse.)—His.

Bugor, s.—A brave; one who does not fear. At Leschenault, this is the name of the Mundo or shark.

Buka, or Boka, s.—A kangaroo-skin cloak; clothes or bodily covering of any sort; as Mattabuka, leg clothes or trousers. It requires three kangaroo skins to make a large full cloak, such as one of those worn by the women; and the skins of the female kangaroo are preferred, those of the males being considered too thick and heavy. The skins are prepared by first stretching them out, and pegging them down on the ground in the shade. The women then,