Four Years in Queensland
Four Years in Queensland
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A practised hand can tell directly he has the weapon in his grasp whether it will fly or not. Boomerangs are either painted or carved ; very few white men can use them. These are their principal weapons of defence, and are all made of tough, strong wood.
The Aboriginals are a lazy lot, only turning out when they are hungry. They never attempt any- thing in the shape of cultivation, nor laying by for the morrow. They cut out 'possums from a tree, or sugar bag (wild honey) by means of a tomahawk ...of green stone; the handle is formed of a vine, and fixed ID its place with gum. It is astonishing what a quantity of work is got through in the day with these blunt tomahawks. They make nets, both for fishing and hunting, of a fine flax which grows in the country; the inner bark of a tree is also used; they place their hunting nets across the tracks used by the kangaroos, wallaby, &c., and then drive the y Google ABOBiaiKALS. 79 game in. Birds they catch chiefly by snares. They also get on the high banks of lagoons^ and knock over the ducks as they rise with boomerangs and waddies Qight sticks.) They will eat anything, kangaroos^ rats, snakes, grubs, snails, wallabies, 'guanas, shrimps, shell-fish, sharks, alligators, &c., besides all sorts of roots and wild fruits ; human flesh they sometimes eat, though it hardly forms part of their food : they eat young men killed in batUe, or killed by accident, also young women and children ; but they never eat their enemies ; these they cut up into strips, dry them,, and distribute the pieces amongst* their tribe ; by doing this, they think they have their enemies' strength added to their own.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A practised hand can tell directly he has the weapon in his grasp whether it will fly or not. Boomerangs are either painted or carved ; very few white men can use them. These are their principal weapons of defence, and are all made of tough, strong wood.
The Aboriginals are a lazy lot, only turning out when they are hungry. They never attempt any- thing in the shape of cultivation, nor laying by for the morrow. They cut out 'possums from a tree, or sugar bag (wild honey) by means of a tomahawk ...of green stone; the handle is formed of a vine, and fixed ID its place with gum. It is astonishing what a quantity of work is got through in the day with these blunt tomahawks. They make nets, both for fishing and hunting, of a fine flax which grows in the country; the inner bark of a tree is also used; they place their hunting nets across the tracks used by the kangaroos, wallaby, &c., and then drive the y Google ABOBiaiKALS. 79 game in. Birds they catch chiefly by snares. They also get on the high banks of lagoons^ and knock over the ducks as they rise with boomerangs and waddies Qight sticks.) They will eat anything, kangaroos^ rats, snakes, grubs, snails, wallabies, 'guanas, shrimps, shell-fish, sharks, alligators, &c., besides all sorts of roots and wild fruits ; human flesh they sometimes eat, though it hardly forms part of their food : they eat young men killed in batUe, or killed by accident, also young women and children ; but they never eat their enemies ; these they cut up into strips, dry them,, and distribute the pieces amongst* their tribe ; by doing this, they think they have their enemies' strength added to their own.
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