Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 2.djvu/160

 COASTS op AtSrSAtJA. the hooked point of the" ,n." The following wood-cut shews the method by which thia weao me. SL port is propelled The hammer, or kf, appears to be used only for the ptu'pose of breaking open shell-fish, and ki]lfng seals and other animals by striking them n the head; for it has no sharpened edge to be used as a chopping or cutting instrument; the handle is from twelve to tiffin inches long, having one end scraped to a sharp point, and 5n each side at .the other end two pieces of hard stone fixed and cemented by 'a mass of gum, Which, when dry, is nlmost as hard as the stone itself; the hammer is about one pound weight. The knife, or "Sa," is perhaps the rudest instrument o the sort that ever was made; the handle is about twelve inches long, scraped to

�