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(g) Long proximal portion made of reed etc [?], the
timber used being immaterial, and a short black
[?]
palm distal ^ the latter giving the particular
name to the spear, do-war. Same name and weapon
on the Bloomfield River.
portion
(h) Short grass-tree proximal ^ long Acacia or Erythro-
and
phloeum [?] distal; wooden barb; called mu-ton gal. [?]
incess ^
The Pr Charlotte Bay Natives have a special spear
^
made with a proximal bamboo portion, and a
distal Acacia one; local names, KRA andarma,
KWA. bar-nga; the bamboo is obtained from the
Hauu [?] and Keuusday [?] Rivers, and forms a staple
article of barter eg. to the Koko- muiui [?] of the Middle
iver
Palmer R, ^ etc. Here and there on odd spear ot two
is met with, not necessarily introduced from anywhere
else, which appears to have a local name, yet without
sufficient history to allow of its being considered
a typically local weapon. Such for instance, is
the mon-gil mon-gil of Cape Bedford, a long reed
proximal, and short hard-wood distal, the latter
armed with wooden [x] barbs placed in pairs al-
ternately on opposite sides. Other examples are
the buronga'mo and o-wo'rn of the Middle Palmer
ivers
and Bloomfield R ^ respectively, and from their very
nature require no detailed description.
had
which so far, I have not ^ cause to mention,
A timber ^ used for making spears with on the Middle
iver
Palmer R ^ is [the] Acacia lysiphloea, FvM (KMI.
urr-te). Another * is [the] Corypha australis, R. Br.
(Cabbage- tree Palm), the wood of which is split
and made into spear-heads on th Endeavour and
iver
Normanby R ^ s.
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Mr
* on the authority of ^ E. Palmer