IMPLEMENTS of NEW SOUTH WALES.
AA. is a War Spear, formed of a Kght reed-like fubftance
■ produced by the Yellow Gum Tree, vide p.- 2 3*5, which if the
end's markëd -with theletter^whrè joified- together*- ^ould'-lhgwdts
fhH length i -the long pointed head is-of hard -wood, of a- reddiftv
colotrt-,-“and-ds fiiftehed htfd thVftiaft m thïe ftfnift tonner by
a .cement bf the yelloW grim Only. •
B. # è éüek, of •^icfe-M-sTmrffetp!|grfaflaB6é®>
with the fame-eemettti' and forming a hook: tfor otor-end is-'
ornamented with the ftiefi of the Limpet or Patella, ftück on with1
the güfii; and, thus- eonftm&ed, it is üfed to throw the fpéar—
ih this manner : The fheft end of ?the ftiek being held in the
fight hah d, and the fpear porfed in the left,; the end of the hook
at B. is to e to k to o ’ a hollow at the fopt öf thé %èar at D. and
thus thrown with a force fimifer to that of a i to e fiom^ilftg^
this is fhewn more particularly in a reduced figure at the upper
part of the Plate, a. b.
CC. is a Spear or Gig, of a fubftance fimilar to the former, for
ftriking filb in the water: the true length of which will be
known