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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
12. The head of a Lachlan spear, taken from a man who 
was wounded there, the spear entered behind the 
shoulder in the back, and the point reached to the 
front of the throat, it had to be extracted by cutting 
an opening in the throat and forcing the spear-head 
through from behind — the man recovered. 
13. The head of No. 7 on a larger scale. 
Plate III. — Weapons. 
1. Nga-waonk, or throwing-stick, about 2 feet long, and 
narrow. 
2. 
Ditto 
ditto 
but hollowed and conical. 
3. 
Ditto 
ditto 
straight and flat. 
4. 
Ditto 
ditto 
narrow and carved. 
5. 
Ditto 
ditto 
broad in the centre. 
6. Sorcerer’s stick, with feathers and fur string round the 
point 
7 . Ditto plain. 
8. The Darling Wangn, (boomerang) carved, 1 foot 
10 inches. 
9. The Darling war Wangn, 2 feet 1 inch. 
10. Battle-axe. 
11. Ditto 
12. Ditto 
13. Ditto 
14. The lower end of the throwing-stick, shewing a flint 
gummed on as a chisel. 
15. The Tar-ram, or shield made out of solid wood, 2 feet 
7 inches long, 1 foot broad, carved and painted. 
16. A side view of ditto 
17. War-club of heavy wood, rounded and tapering. 
18. Port Lincoln Wirris, or stick used for throwing at 
game, 2 feet. 
19. Murray River Bwirri, or ditto ditto 
20. War club, with a heavy knob, and pointed. 
