Wonders of bodily strength and skill, in all ages and countries (1885)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 338
s it in theright hand by a species of handle into which one of the two THE BOOMERANG. 335 branches is fashioned, and throws it either into the air atsome distance above the ground, as one might throw, forexample, a reaping-hook, or upon the ground, Uke a pair ofcompasses with the legs extended,… … Australian Throwing the Boomerang. (After Commodore Wilkes.) bent form, and the elasticity which it gives, it reboundsimmediately, and continues to rebound in successive ri-cochets, with a force which is most destructive to any body,organic or inorganic, that happens to lie in its course.Thrown…
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