Biraban did not receive the gift of the Bone

Biraban, however, did not receive the gift of the Bone: “M’Gill the Black, informed me that he slept one night on the grave of a then recently buried Aborigine, in order to obtain the gift of the Bone which is supposed to enable the possessor to work wonders, especially in the art of the Physician. But, M’Gill was not favoured with the gift of the much coveted Holy-Bone”. (Letter from Threlkeld 31 June 1856, in Blair, 2003, 54).