OUR ABORIGINALS.
The aboriginal of Australia is an expert in dodging missiles. The quickness of his eye and the accuracy of his judgement are Wonderful, and are supplemented by the suppleness of limb and muscle.
I have seen an aboriginal (writes a Government official) stand for an hour as a target for a cricket ball thrown with great force from a distance of 15 yards by professional bowlers, and successfully dodge or parry them with* his shield. The shield was no broader that a stovepipe, and about the length of a man's arm. Yet he dodged them all with the utmost self-possession, depending on the .quickness of the eye and fcis ✓* **
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Golden Bay Argus, Volume IX, Issue 68, 15 September 1904, Page 2
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111OUR ABORIGINALS. Golden Bay Argus, Volume IX, Issue 68, 15 September 1904, Page 2
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