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  oblong 
  and 
  pointed 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  being 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  soft 
  and 
  unctuous 
  soap- 
  

   rock 
  (simectitesj, 
  which 
  could 
  easily 
  be 
  rubbed 
  into 
  that 
  shape. 
  These 
  exactly 
  

   fitted 
  the 
  loop 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  sling, 
  and 
  were 
  kept 
  in 
  a 
  wallet 
  or 
  

   pocket 
  of 
  coarse 
  cloth, 
  strongly 
  woven 
  of 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  grass, 
  which 
  was 
  tied 
  on 
  

   about 
  the 
  middle. 
  Their 
  shape 
  gives 
  them 
  a 
  striking 
  resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  

   glcmdes 
  j^lumbecB 
  of 
  theBomQMS," 
  --Forster's 
  Voyage, 
  Yol, 
  II., 
  pp. 
  278, 
  279, 
  

   885. 
  

  

  Appendix 
  B, 
  — 
  (See 
  p. 
  111). 
  

  

  I 
  here 
  give 
  an 
  interesting 
  extract 
  from 
  " 
  Turnbull's 
  Voyage 
  Bound 
  the 
  

   World 
  " 
  (1801-4), 
  as 
  it 
  bears 
  a 
  httle 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  before 
  us 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  "A 
  chief 
  of 
  note 
  named 
  Te 
  Pahi, 
  with 
  five 
  of 
  his 
  sons, 
  who 
  resided 
  at 
  the 
  

   Bay 
  of 
  Islands, 
  wished 
  to 
  see 
  Port 
  Jackson. 
  They 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  Captain 
  

   Stewart 
  in 
  his 
  ship 
  to 
  Norfolk 
  Island, 
  where 
  they 
  received 
  every 
  attention 
  

   from 
  the 
  commandant 
  and 
  inhabitants 
  ; 
  and 
  after 
  remaining 
  there 
  some 
  

   time 
  they 
  were 
  received 
  on 
  board 
  H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Buffalo,' 
  to 
  be 
  conveyed 
  to 
  Port 
  

   Jackson. 
  On 
  their 
  arrival, 
  Te 
  Pahi 
  was 
  introduced 
  by 
  Captain 
  Houstin 
  to 
  

   His 
  Excellency 
  and 
  the 
  officers 
  at 
  the 
  Government 
  House, 
  where 
  he 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  to 
  reside 
  during 
  his 
  stay 
  in 
  the 
  colony. 
  

  

  " 
  Shortly 
  after 
  his 
  arrival, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  natives 
  assembled 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Sydney 
  for 
  the 
  interment 
  of 
  Carrawaye 
  (whose 
  death 
  was 
  

   occasioned 
  by 
  a 
  spear 
  wound 
  in 
  the 
  knee), 
  who 
  the 
  night 
  before 
  was 
  con» 
  

   veyed 
  here 
  in 
  a 
  shell 
  composed 
  of 
  strips 
  of 
  bark 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  funeral 
  obsequies 
  

   being 
  over, 
  a 
  war 
  spectacle 
  ensued, 
  when 
  an 
  intended 
  sacrifice 
  to 
  vengeance 
  

   (known 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Blewit) 
  was 
  singled 
  out 
  to 
  answer 
  for 
  the 
  desperate 
  

   wound 
  inflicted 
  by 
  him 
  upon 
  young 
  Baker. 
  The 
  animosity 
  of 
  his 
  assailants 
  

   was 
  uncommonly 
  remarkable 
  ; 
  their 
  party 
  was 
  far 
  the 
  more 
  powerful, 
  and, 
  

   confident 
  of 
  their 
  superiority, 
  took 
  every 
  advantage 
  of 
  their 
  numbers. 
  The 
  

   flight 
  of 
  spears 
  was 
  seldom 
  less 
  than 
  six, 
  and 
  managed 
  with 
  a 
  precision 
  that 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  promise 
  certain 
  fatality. 
  After 
  170 
  had 
  been 
  thus 
  thrown, 
  ten 
  

   of 
  the 
  most 
  powerful 
  stationed 
  themselves 
  so 
  as 
  nearly 
  to 
  encircle 
  the 
  cul- 
  

   prit, 
  and 
  front 
  and 
  rear 
  darted 
  their 
  weapons 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  instant. 
  His 
  

   activity 
  and 
  strong 
  presence 
  of 
  mind 
  increased 
  with 
  the 
  danger 
  ; 
  five 
  he 
  

   dexterously 
  caught 
  with 
  his 
  feeble 
  target, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  he 
  miraculously 
  

   managed 
  to 
  parry 
  off'. 
  One 
  of 
  his 
  friends, 
  enraged 
  at 
  the 
  proceedings, 
  threw 
  

   a 
  spear, 
  and 
  received 
  ten 
  in 
  return. 
  Blewit 
  turned 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  assailant's 
  

   spears, 
  and 
  passed 
  it 
  through 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  old 
  Whittaker 
  ; 
  the 
  affray 
  then 
  

   became 
  general, 
  but 
  terminated 
  without 
  further 
  mischief. 
  

  

  " 
  Te 
  Pahi, 
  who 
  with 
  several 
  of 
  his 
  sons 
  was 
  present, 
  regarded 
  their 
  war- 
  

   fare 
  with 
  contempt; 
  he 
  frequently 
  discovered 
  much 
  impatience 
  at 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  intervals 
  between 
  the 
  flights, 
  and 
  by 
  signs 
  exhorted 
  them 
  to 
  dispatch 
  ; 
  

  

  