Unter Kannibalen; ein Konto von vier Jahren Reisen in Australien und des Lagerlebens mit den Aborigines von Queensland;. itnessing diese Unterhaltung, die so hoch prizedby die Schwarzen, und auch gelernt, boomerangmyself zu werfen, aber nicht die Geschicklichkeit der Einheimischen erwerben. Es Isvery schwierig diese Waffe gut zu werfen, und es erfordert Gentestgesetz Praxis. All die Schwarzen sind keineswegs perfectin seine Verwendung, und nur sehr wenige weiße Menschen erlernen die Kunst der Ureinwohner häufig der Boomerang touch Denboden zehn oder zwölf Schritte von wo es geworfen wird; butthis schmälert keineswegs die Geschwindigkeit

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Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; . itnessing this amusement, which is so highly prizedby the blacks, and also learned to throw the boomerangmyself, but did not acquire the skill of the natives. It isvery difficult to throw this weapon well, and it requires con-siderable practice. All the blacks are by no means perfectin its use, and very few white people acquire the art. The natives frequently make the boomerang touch theground ten or twelve paces from where it is thrown ; butthis, far from diminishing the speed, gives it on the contraryincreased velocity. It may even touch the ground a secondtime, and then whirl off in the above-described circle fromthe right to the left. It is impossible to aim accurately with Ill THE BOOMERANG 51 the returning boomerang : with the plain one, which does notreturn, it is much easier to do so, and the mark is not missed.A man is rarely killed by a boomerang. An acquaintanceof mine told me that he once in a skirmish was hit in thethigh ; the wound was only about an inch and a half deep, . BOOMERANGS FROM QUEENSLAND { size). a, b, c, plain ones from Central Queensland (Coomooboolaroo).d, a returning one from Herbert river. ^ and was soon cured. His horse was hit in several places, without receiving any harm worth mentioning. It has been asserted that the Egyptians and Assyriansused the boomerang, and from this the conclusion has beendrawn that the Australian natives are descended from arace that have had a higher degree of development than ^ On the Herbert river I never savi^ boomerangs ornamented with engravedlines like those farther south and west in Queensland. 52 AMONG CANNIBALS chap, hi they now possess. But, according to Mr. B. Smyth, itis extremely doubtful whether the Dravidic or Egyptianboomerang is identical with the Australian, since the formercould not have had the quality of returning. Moreover, wefind in Australia intermediate forms of this

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