The sun., 1908-05-03

leverage e obtainable. A strong man b,
able 70 throw q spear from 90 10 100 vards
! At night the blacks often throw sbor
! light reed spears, having FIRST thrust ono
end In the hre till II glove. The effect [,
much like a shooting star and the diNanoe
| the reed spears can be thrown IL much
greater than II Is possible 10 throw ora oi
the heavy headed weapons.
An aged black fellow once informed mo
that the reason Of this hrework display va.
! 10 keep away the 'debl deb1' (preSumably
evil spirits). InsepaTable from black
fellow IL his tOmahRwk (ohopperl, which
NAV be manufactured from many things
The favoTtte Ia a horse Tagp, The black
fellow, or rather his "lubra, cuts Of ahour
four inches from the end Of the rasp, which
operation takes a tremendous time. One
end IA then 'sharpened on a smooth stone
and the other fastened into a cleft stick
tied above and below with fibre string. and
the whole covered generously with hpo,.
wax. When finished the blade Is only tvp
inches In width II IL surprising Hhsl
large trees a black fellow will cut down With
50 poor a weapon in order 70 get an lsIana
or a. sugar bag (honey made by the will
bee In hollow trees, &c).
Another weapon affected, although rHi ,,.
generally, Is the two handed waddy IMt
weapon Ia for use In battle and therefor.
Is not much in demand, as battles drr upr.
Quoted more with the tongue than thrg g'urI .
These waddies vary from five 90 siN f,nr r
length and are az a rule oval IN .0apc
Ebony Ia the wood mostly used AMI hor.
are az a rule beautifully carved What
makes these waddies 50 precious o. clr..
nolsseurs Is the clever way In which ? 'iri,.
and beasts are carved thereon. When o'o.
realizes that all the artistic work has heor.
done with pieces Of glass bottle II Is SUI.
prising 10 zee such results. These wajdlo.
are in many cases heirlooms and soma of
them are centuries old, each Rene-atio'.
as they descend TO IL doing something
further In the way Of Recommendation Their
are other weapons, such as throwing sticks
10, but those mentioned are the ones mos
used.
In closing il may be well 10 mento,
the superstitioualhature Of the black feor
He will on no account 60 near the gpo
where another black has been buned
He has a deep rooted aversion 10 one par.
ticular bird-the wagtail because, he aayS
Him all day talk talk along white fello.
tellum all about black feler. and no oppor
tunity is lost Of killing these lttle, birds.
Many tribes bury their dead by sbc,
ing them up into the fork OF tree, and
there leaving them till the flesh has siths
dropped or been taken, leaving the bonHs
clean. These bones are then taken dowr
the larger ones buried and the sInalles
handed round as keepsakes 10 those near,
related 10 the deceased. Should one bLs.,
fellow wish the death Of rival or enemy
he points the bone at him. THIS means
that he takes one Of his late relation
bones from his dilly bag and points It, 10
the presence Of witnesses, Al the man hs
wishes TO get nd Of, all the time pou1nS
forth threats and curses.
Strange as il may seem, the one pGuts-
at will often languish, and eventually d"
perhaps in a month, perhaps in a vac
but no sooner il the bone pointed than "'
makes up his mind 10 die, and there ls Pc.
saving him.
As whole, The black fellow Il gr-e0-
uutrIstwOrthy, treacherous and in s"u
places not free from cannibalism: buthr
nevertheless, a veTy Interesting st'ldv,