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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

dangerous instrument, as it may return & strike himself, but the natives can
inflict the most dangerous wounds with it on others

The use of this instrument is entirely confined to the aborigines of
Australia, by them it is used as an instrument of war or in their
hunting excursions & was first known to Europeans in 1788.

LIST OF WAR INSTRUMENTS &c USED BY THE ABORIGINES.

WAR INSTRUMENTS. HUNTING AND WORKING TOOLS -

The war spear  10 feet long The fish spear  8 feet long
The Boomering for war purposes The stone tomahawke
The War Nulla Nulla The Tapir for working spears &c
The Wammera [Woomera] for throwing Spears The Hunting Boomering -
The Hielaman, a shield The hunting or throwing stick
The Palolour or battle axe The Paramellan Stick
The Waddie a hunting club.