Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 2.djvu/159

 38 SUR3Y O1  Ih'E1tTROPICAL . pmable  ey  ' m s Sl. en  swng. Can ders is s- en in stg t e naves d s p do n u e g-; but it is pble �ey did n produce ose ienm  , r fear d being depdv d em, for it ru mu& per.sion on our p W preyaft u  to let u have y; ey were mu mo . geously fom  e t  h pri- oly en, d fferent o, in ng a s sh she, or pie d q,  h a my knob at e e, for e e of pi  in of e s: e  iS broW, smh d fiat. Some of e g- sfi&s, or "," were  & br d two ft s  lo. e foHow is a . presenfion of is tmment  The spears are yery slender, and arg made from a species of leptOs?rmum that grows abun. dandy in swampy places; they are from ,ine to ten feet long, and barbed with a piece of hard wood, fastened on by a ligature. of bark gummed oer; we saw nohe that were not barbed, or had nVt a hole at the eficl to' receive

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