IJOMEUAXG. 



Station and by one i». m. arrivi^d at '* Dahee,*' 

 wllicli is ple;»s:7iitly sitiuitfd mcmv tli(^ Ciidurjioiiu,- 

 river, which, 1 believe, cmptius itscU* into tht' 

 Macquarie. The siiMtijon of this htm is pic- 

 tutesq^e, hdng nearly surrounded by higli- 

 WOoded and lirokea xattge^ of tnonntains. On 

 rij}]>rnac]nnn' tlie honse, sevoral of tln^ Hborifi-incs 

 wore seen encamped ; we rode np to tbein, and 

 found an assemblage of several, of different ages 

 and fiexes : the males were armed witli spears, 

 flubs, and the " w^oin^,** or botnerang* 

 tilts last h a peculiar \ve<i])on thrown by the 

 hand, and possesses the :ip])arent aiion<;ilotis 

 property of striking an object iii the opposite 



dir^etioa from i3mt in i»rhicli it is at first pro- 

 pelled. 



In the "United Service Journal," tor June 

 1833, Mr. Wilkinson gives the tbllowing expla- 



naUm of tli& eufious weapon : 



^^ fke JBmmmwtg may be forlned of any 

 tOttgh, heavy wood, and is about three-eights of 

 im inch tbiek in the miibUe, *>ra(btall\' tnperiui;- 

 oil' towartls the extremities, and rouiuled on eacli 

 ^de firom the centre nntil bmigbt to au edge, 



** €hn^cilm,'--4M A B E be the arc of a 



elrcle: the ( Imrd A I) E is na li*- : the 



perpendicular B D = 7 iuehos : tlie width 



