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gave a longer leverage to the arm = they could throw
a spear a long way with them, Their idea of the
refraction, when spearing a fish, was that "water bin
make him spear come up and ketch him fish" they
could throw very streight. I have seen them practicing
by cuting a peice of bark round, and trundling it
along the ground and throwing at it with spears and
"Paddymelon sticks" = those were sticks of some heavy wood
Myrtle or some wood like that, about two feet long and
pointed at each end = they could knock a Paddy over
with them = The Bomerang you will know about but
the fighting ones were not made like the "come back"
ones = they were brouder & havier - and only intended
to be thrown straight = they would make an awful
gash if they hit you = there was one stuck up a tree
for years after a fight up Allans Flat as it is called.
They were made out of the White Myrtle, split out oif
the spurs that were a good shape for this purpose - it was
heavy and easy to work, I never heard of them using any
poison on their spears = The tomahawk they all used was
made of Iron made by the local Blacksmith = you never
saw a Blackfellow woithout one stuck in his belt even
if he had no other wepons = they were about two inches
on the face = not heavy with a flat handle, about 18 inches
long = thiner at the hand part so that they would slip
easly out of the belt when they wanted to pull them out
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