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Title: The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889
Subjects: Ethnology Manners and customs Savages
Publisher: Hartford : J. B. Burr and company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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thieves, he will iayaside the whole of his clothing, except thecap which marks his office, will carry hisgun with him, buckle his cartouch-pouchround his naked waist, and will take hiswaddy as a weapon, without which even thegun would seem to him an insufficientweapon. This form of waddy (fig. 4), although itis often used as a missile, is not the onewhich the native prefers for that purposeHis throwing waddy or wadna, is muchshorter and heavier, and very much resem-bles the short missile club used so effectivelyby the Polynesians. Two other forms of\vaddy are shown at figs. 3 and 5, the latterof which is generally known by the name o piccaninny waddy, because it is generallysmaller and lighter than the others, and caiibe used by a child. Nos. 1 and 2 are also clubs, but are madein a different form, and used in a differentmanner. If the reader will refer to theaccount of the Abyssinian curved sword, orshotel, he will see that in general form itmuch resembles this club, the long pointed
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MAN OP TORRES STRAIT. (See page 705.) BASKET. (See pag:e 099.) (722) CLUBS AND TOMAHAWKS. 723 head of each being equally useful in strik-ing downward over a shield. This weaponis not only used iu combat, but is employedin the native dances to beat time by repeatedstrokes on the shield. The reader will notice that many of thesechilis have the ends of the handles pointed.This formation is partly for the purpose ofincreasing their efficiency as ottensive weap-ons, and partly for another object. As wasthe case with the warriors of the Iliad, bothcombatants will occasionally rest, and giveeach other time to breathe, before renewingthe tight. During these intervals the Au-stralian combatants squat down, dig up theearth with the handle of the cluli, and rubtheir hands with the dusty soil, iu order toprevent the weapons from slipping out oftheir grasp. This club is made in a very ingeniousway, the artificer taking advantage of somegnarled branch, and cutting it so that thegrain of the wood fo

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