, 1875-10-18
THE BOOMERANG,
AnItfcseinK Facts About the Singular
weapon Cncd by the Nntivcs ~ AUS

1nfcrcstinR Facts About the sinRulat
| weapon Cncd by the Nntivcs u Aus
| traltn.
Traveller tells ue 'otnetshs Of the singular
SeasHh used b? III. oa,lrca of AtiatfRlta, the
bo"'ne1n1H. He A4~ Il! ,su uas by me natiye..
ih.5 ranged 1ltM fg"t To j. ll..hes in length,
at'd we're u Various Ria IN. Ali curved ltttle
| atlo looking. AZ he DESCRIBES them. rutnetb;nu
n'lk. hearv w9od oi'l weighed ff7ru to ) uunis.
| In thicknean they vAry ,futn iatt an ;,,.I, nuI
| taper to pant IT. each eJ. A
one os the hAtIsen p.cAel ZIP III. piccs. Ut
Wood, aIll. t'bibsg II OIL inAtant, tLlew IT, uyiny
| It rotary nutiuD. Gpr the first 100 ,.e, t,r
more It wcnL stTaiglit sleatl. TAon 1t .ucktd l.,
the iett and rose slshsly. ssll roatiug tRplai 3,
It kepk this latter ceur.s for lnnirctl test more
Hcrlo'nH broader curve aud moment later f.l
70 tht tarth or feet IH flout Ut tue tituvrr
having described nearly circle III tho air.
Another nattve ti.on tonk tue SANG boomerang
soox the sane coutrc. bn. made Lruaiat curves,
a1d Al It CAME round the bAca caught 1t hsuu.
Humely ~ his tlEht hand.
:, An"thef nalre NIX: .hre~ /. and lodged it on
t!'e RtouI!d tbuut 20 feet brhuh lin, alter it
hAd detcribed cite1e IT 2go yard. OF upwurds.
Alter hi1n they all tiled II and hut one ot the,tl
Jailed to I1'ng the weapon back to tLu spot nheIe
they stood.
OF booniera''gs another "ae, AMI cart it niti4 u
tOFt or JcrS. il flew verf Gftictlr for 40 ur I'll
yhrdH. ~hjing like top. I lien it dsrled into
tho air, mounting. fully one hundred feet, snd
atattonarT Tor moment, then settled Blowr, etil
"lnfilnR. Ill ha cauELt It, Two o.hcfY If the
b!acAb then did tho same thing.
Mealah,e had with mv xhlfa shaved a little
OF ths "ood tron the cuils"1 +tle of QUO Ut the
booEerAnAs. TlIla l., LOW Offered t. one OF t[,ou
10 lhtow. Ilu ttoh It AuA.ut no:iclug wuat I
bud dune, poured 1t, hut stopped sn,rt. Lut will
co''ttmttuois glance at my lmproyeln ent tltew
It do*n nut c1cf1Mp1:
'Dale bndsety." (no gooi).
lhe others tAon lonhtd at it cautiously. but !.
MAS bale buugory aiso to them. NJ que could
bo induced to throw it.
~ 81 Mo:s , asxel them why they did not uso it, but
thsy could not give Gstlulpc answer, II r.s
PAIN that they did not like tho nav it ro,sel.
"hen held in thr bRnd, yet coud uot distinguish.
any difference whatever between tAis aud tue
ulher weapons.
Durlelgh then walked to a ijst,nco of oo0 fee.
or more fIoul Tho b]acks anl bl5 Ceruboo throw
to h't1'. The naiFe lookel q. l.:m u moment
rather euilou-ty. taen. coupranen,3,us whit uas
wanted ho aeleetod ono Ut the heaviest II tue
nIha!los, and, t,lfnny llaif rorud, threw Il viii
Rlcat torce II, dlrec,l,l almost oppus,te from
thl: where Eu.lclgu stood.
Ihs weapon sped AnlHrtty for GO or 20 feet.
taen t tacsed IL III instaut aud tsw directly Ut
uuekc.s. he woull have received a lard thu,nt,.
II tothin1 "orae. 1t STRUCK The GROUND 70 O: III
paces he!cnl. THIS ieat brought out A broa1i
s!In aud something ike c!luckie from tile nuIs
u them. CRtnboo even irtInated tila: he would
AEe 10 t9F another caet but Eulic!.,!s oxI xIrcessI
Ai.uself fully sati4lieu.
r.-- tanother ot our rarty,. however. offer-
90 to "take shot. hut MT Il. TOO tLp,t a ra,Ire
y "ofo ssan1sul' IN front oI one oi the ature-
houses. Earnboo placei --- ia f.pus o? the door
aud stood with his back to k1u. with -
hnnd on bin shoulder.
h'ne Q! us xaew what sort of tnancurro be
naa I'm ~ mlua. m MT osen Asein. s,an1ius i'll liz