A SECRET WEAPON FOR ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA

We scramble about for the mangrove forest, in which Ganyin breaks off a root and digs his finger inside the smooth maroon wood. He pulls out a thick white worm about a foot long. He holds it up and squeezes it, in addition to a muddy brown paste is ejected from the bottom. He hands the worm to me. “Take in it,” he suggests, eyes alight. I do. N