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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 646

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ach. Wat .ling a skilled boomerang-thrower in ac-tion, the beginner would think he was hurling ithaphazc rd, without thought of where it wouldgo; but after a few throws, when it may landanywhere from a hundred yards in front of him,to the top of a tree far in the rear, one soonrealizes that there… … THE BOOMERANG RETURNS TO THE THROWER. a balloon. Hold the end at a different angle, andit circles a few feet above the ground. At thestart, the flat side may not be downward, but theside of the stick should be held in an oblique posi-tion. All this must be considered in aimingthe missile, so that…

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