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thrown. Honours are divided so Jong as he touches ground 
with his feet, 7.e., not thrown off his balance. The indi 
vidual who is temporarily gripped may, however, steady him— 
self with his arms on the other’s shoulders, and usually pre- 
pares himeelf for a fall on his feet by keeping his lower limbs 
strongly flexed, thus rendering them springy on whichever 
side he may be thrown. There is no mutual clutching, or 
both combatants falling. Strictly speaking, it is a throwmg 
rather than a wrestling match. Only males engage in this 
sport. As soon as one proves himself victorious, another 
challenges him, and so on. 
(b) A game, somewhat of the nature of a tug-of-war, 1s 
played by young and old men on the upper reaches of the 
Batavia River and at McDonnell. Instead of a rope, a pole 
some 12 to 15 feet in length is brought into requisition; m 
place of pulling, there is a pushing. Indeed, the fun con- 
sists mainly in balancing the pole mm statu quo side agamst 
side for a few minutes, and then letting it fall with a deep: 
grunt of relief. 
Toys (Propulsive Games).—As already mentioned (sect. 
I.), all the toys or specially manufactured articles present 
the peculiarity that the source of the enjoyment consists 
in the particular form of motion which may be imparted to: 
them. <A ball, a top, or a boomerang—as such—constitutes 
no source of pleasure or enjoyment; but as soon as each of 
these toys is respectively thrown and caught, made to spin, 
or sent on its flght, the amusement and fun commences. 
Balls.—(a) Catch-ball in the N.W.-Central districts 1s 
played everywhere by both sexes, and either singly or with 
sides; in the latter case, the ball is thrown from the one to 
the other, the participants trying to intercept it while stall 
aff the ground. From the fact of the players jumping up to 
catch it resembling the movements of a kangaroo, the Kal- 
kadun blacks sometimes describe this game as the “ kan- 
garoo-play.”” The ball itself is made of a piece of opossum, 
wallaby, or kangaroo hide, &c., tied up with twine. 
(b) Bowl-ball or disc, a game the blacks appear very 
partial to on the Bloomfield, is played on a cleared space, 
about 12 to 15 yards long, down more or less of a slope. A& 
the top end of this slope one of the men will, with his spear, 
start rolling a ball cut out from the top of a “zamia” 
(Cycas) tree. As it rolls on and on, with ever-increasing 
momentum, his friends lining the cleared pathway will try 
and job it with their spears. The spears used for this 
special purpose are small, made in one piece, thrown with 
the hand, and known as tchugari. A similar sport is played. 
