with the leg bone of the emu, or with the small bone of the hind leg of the 

 large kangaroo ground to a long, sharp point, and lashed to the shaft with the 

 tail sinews of the kangaroo. The spear called ' bundit ' — which name means 

 ' bite ' — is made of a very rare, heavy wood from the Cape Otway mountains, 

 and is so valuable that it is never used in fighting or hunting, but only as an 

 ornament. It is given as a present in token of friendship, or exchanged for 

 fancy maleen spears from the interior. 



Spears are warded off with the light shield, which is a thin, oblong, concave 

 piece of wood about two and a half feet long, nine inches broad in the centre, 

 and tapering towards the ends. It has a handle in the middle of the hollow side, 

 which is grasped by the hand when in use, and the convex side is ornamented 

 with the usual diagonal cross lines. 



The aborigines never heard of poisoned spears, or the use of poison for the 

 destruction of life. 



The liangle is a heavy, formidable weapon, about two and a half feet long, 

 with a sharp-pointed bend, nine inches in length, projecting at a right angle. It 

 is used in fighting at close quarters ; and the blows are warded off by the heavy 

 shield, which is a strong piece of triangular wood, three feet long by five or six 

 inches broad, tapering to a point at each end ; with a hole in the centre, lined 

 with opossum skin, for the left hand. In grappling, the shields are thrown away, 

 and the combatants deliver their blows on each other's backs with the sharp point 

 of the liangle, by reaching over their shoulders. The liangle is not ornamented 

 in any way, but the front of the shield is covered with the usual diagonal 

 lines. 



There are several kinds of clubs, varying in size from a walking-stick, which 

 the natives term a ' companion,' up to one of a formidable size, called a wum 

 whuitch, which is always made of heavy wood, and is about two feet and a half 

 long, with a broad almond-shaped end, about a foot long, terminating in a sharp 

 point. The war boomerang is much heavier and more obtuse in the angle than 

 the toy boomerang, and on being thrown it does not return. The natives 

 generally carry a weapon resembling a war boomei-ang, but longer and heavier, 

 and somewhat like a scimitar in shape. It is used as a scimitar. 



