 | Great Britain - 1829 - 860 pages
...twelve feet long, and as thick as the little £nger of a man ; the tea-tree supplies them, with thli matchless weapon ; they harden one end, which is very...purpose. In throwing the spear they are very expert ; indeed, of late, their audacious »tro :itie» hare been lamentably great, although, M the «ame... | |
 | Henry Ling Roth, Marion E. Butler - Aboriginal Tasmanians - 1899 - 410 pages
...(p. 347). Widowson (p. 190) describes it as "about twelve feet long, and as thick as the little rmger of a man: the tea tree supplies them with this matchless...filing it with a flint prepared for the purpose." Furneaux (Cook, Second Voy. Bk. I. ch. vii.) thought the spear was made sharp by means of a shell or... | |
 | Henry Ling Roth - Aboriginal Tasmanians - 1899 - 418 pages
...347). VVidowson (p. 190) describes it as "about twelve feet long, and as thick as the little ringer of a man: the tea tree supplies them with this matchless...they harden one end, which is very sharply pointed, hy burning and filing it with a flint prepared for the purpose." Fumeaux (Cook, Second Voy. I3k. I.... | |
 | Clarence Marsh Case - Sociology - 1924 - 1026 pages
...Furneaux supposed the spears to be sharpened with a shell or stone, and later, Widowson states that they harden one end, which is very sharply pointed,...and filing it with a flint prepared for the purpose. These remarks, however, do not show how the native stone implements of Tasmania differed from those... | |
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Widowson (p. 190) describes it as "about twelve feet long, and as thick as the little rmger of a man: the tea tree supplies them with this matchless weapon ; they harden one end, which is very sharply pointed, by burning and filing it with a flint prepared... 