Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; . nged to a he had obtained it in this part of the country was amystery to me. As he was stoutly built, this product ofcivilisation looked like a strait-waistcoat, and threatenedevery moment to burst in the back. He strutted aboutamong his comrades majestically, with a sense of being farremoved above the viyair (the mob). Two of the nativesdistinguished themselves by being painted yellow over thewhole body except the hair. This was thought to be avery imposing attire, e
Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; . nged to a he had obtained it in this part of the country was amystery to me. As he was stoutly built, this product ofcivilisation looked like a strait-waistcoat, and threatenedevery moment to burst in the back. He strutted aboutamong his comrades majestically, with a sense of being farremoved above the viyair (the mob). Two of the nativesdistinguished themselves by being painted yellow over thewhole body except the hair. This was thought to be avery imposing attire, especially calculated to inspire fear. All the natives were armed. They had quantities ofspears, whole bundles of nolla-nollas and boomerangs, besidestheir large wooden shields and wooden swords. The shield,which reaches to a mans hip and is about half as wide as itis long, is made of a kind of light fig-tree wood. It is oval,massive, and slightly convex. In the centre, on the front side,there is a sort of shield-boss, the inner side being nearly the native holds this shield in his left hand before him,.
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