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NEW SOUTH WALES. 



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We have seen that the combats, of which mention has been made, 

 are attended with little loss of life ; nor are their set battles bloody. In 

 all their contests they seem to act upon certain principles, well esta- 

 blished in their code of honour, and firmly adhered to. According to 

 eye-witnesses of their battles, these are conducted with system and 

 regularity. On one occasion, the parties advanced towards each other 

 drawn up in three lines, with the women following in the rear, and 

 when they had arrived within a few rods of each other, they threw 

 their boomerengs or curved sticks. These, as they fell among their 

 opponents, were picked up by the women, and given to the warriors, 

 who hurled them back to their original owners, by whom they were 

 again used. When these weapons were lost or broken, they then had 

 recourse to their spears, which they threw, parried, and returned in 

 like manner. They then closed and fought hand to hand with their 

 clubs, for a considerable time. Their extraordinary quickness of eye, 

 alertness, and agility of movement, protect them from much harm ; and 

 their thickness of skull may also be taken into account, for nothing 

 worse than a few bruises and broken limbs resulted. The fight 

 gradually dwindled down to a single combat between two of the most 

 determined warriors, and when one of these was knocked down by a 

 stunning blow, another took his place and continued the fight until one 

 was severely injured. The battle then terminated. 



