 | Andrew Jackson - 1862 - 254 páginas
...they use for killing rats, &c. ; sometimes, but very seldom, they have a large spear ; reed spears seem to be quite unknown to them. They are undoubtedly...better-looking race of men than the blacks on the Murray and the Darling, and more peaceful, but in other respects I believe they did not compare favourably with... | |
 | Andrew Jackson - 1862 - 408 páginas
...unnecessary risk in so doing. They seldom carry any weapons, except a shield and large kind of boomerang, which I believe they use for killing rats, &c. ; sometimes, but very seldom, they have a large spear ; reed spears seem to be quite unknown to them. They are undoubtedly a finer and better-looking race... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1862 - 482 páginas
...unnecessary risk in so doing. They seldom carry any weapons, except a shield and large kind of boomerang, which I believe they use for killing rats, &c. ; sometimes, but very seldom, they have a large spear; reed spears seem to be quite unknown to them. They are undoubtedly a finer and better-looking race... | |
 | William John Wills, William Wills - 1863 - 426 páginas
...unnecessary risk in so doing. They seldom carry any weapon, except a shield and a large kind of boomerang, which I believe they use for killing rats, &c. Sometimes, but very seldom, they have a large spear ; reed spears seem to be quite unknown to them. They are undoubtedly a finer and betterlooking race... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 370 páginas
...doing. They seldom carry any weapons except a shield and large kind of boomerang, which, it is thought, they use for killing rats, &c. Sometimes, but very seldom, they have a large spear; reed spears seem to be quite unknown to them. They are undoubtedly a finer and better-looking race... | |
 | 1876 - 732 páginas
...carry any weapon except a shield and large kind of boomerang (club), which, I believe, they use in killing rats, &c. ; sometimes, but very seldom, they have a large spear ; reed spears seem to be quite unknown to them. They are undoubtedly a finer and better-looking race... | |
 | 1876 - 740 páginas
...carry any weapon except a shield and large kind of boomerang (club), which, I believe, they use in killing rats, &c. ; sometimes, but very seldom, they have a large spear ; reed spears seem to be quite unknown to them. They are undoubtedly a finer and better-looking race... | |
 | 1876 - 736 páginas
...carry any weapon except a shield and large kind of boomerang (club), which, I believe, they use in killing rats, &c. ; sometimes, but very seldom, they have a large spear ; reed spears seem to be quite unknown to them. They are undoubtedly a finer and better-looking race... | |
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They seldom carry any weapons, except a shield and large kind of boomerang, which I believe they use for killing rats, &c. ; sometimes, but very seldom, they have a large spear ; reed spears seem to be quite unknown to them. They are undoubtedly a finer... 