 I have seen a native throw one so as to make it go forty or fifty yards horizontally, and not more than three or four feet from the ground ; it would then suddenly dart into the air to the height of fifty or sixty yards, describe a very considerable curve,...  The Aborigines of Victoria - Página 312por Robert Brough Smyth - 1878 - 939 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Henry Breton - 1833 - 502 páginas
...comprehend by what law of projectiles it is made to take the singular direction that it frequently does. I have seen a native throw one so as to make it go...considerable curve, and, finally, fall at his feet! From numerous attempts I am inclined to think those only of a peculiar shape can be made invariably... | |
 | William Henry Breton - 1834 - 446 páginas
...comprehend by what law of projectiles it is made to take the singular direction that it frequently does. I have seen a native throw one so as to make it go...considerable curve, and, finally, fall at his feet ! From numerous attempts I am inclined to think those only of a peculiar shape can be made invariably... | |
 | William Henry Breton - 1835 - 454 páginas
...comprehend by what law of projectiles it is made to take the singular direction that it frequently does. I have seen a native throw one so as to make it go...considerable curve, and, finally, fall at his feet! From numerous attempts I am inclined to think those only of a peculiar shape can be made invariably... | |
 | 1837 - 488 páginas
...along the surface not more than three or four feet from the ground, without touching which, it will suddenly dart into the air to the height of fifty or sixty yards, descending a considerable curve and finally fall at his feet! During the whole of this evolution the... | |
 | 1837 - 490 páginas
...along the surface not more than three or four feet from the ground, without touching which, it will suddenly dart into the air to the height of fifty or sixty yards, descending a considerable curve and finally fall at his feet! During the whole of this evolution the... | |
 | John Curtis - 1838 - 408 páginas
...along the surface, not more than three or four feet from the ground, without touching, when it will suddenly dart into the air, to the height of fifty or sixty yards, describing a considerable curve, and finally falling at his feet. During the whole of this evolution,... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1858 - 972 páginas
...comprehend by what law of projectiles it is made to take the singular direction that it frequently does. I have seen a native throw one so as to make it go...very considerable curve, and finally fall at his feet ! From numerous attempts, I am induced to think those only of a peculiar shape can be made invariably... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1859 - 408 páginas
...comprehend by what law of projectiles it is made to take the singular direction that it frequently does. I have seen a native throw one so as to make it go...very considerable curve, and finally fall at his feet ! From numerous attempts, I am induced to think those only of a peculiar shape can be made invariably... | |
 | 1859 - 432 páginas
...Excursion into New South Wales and Western Australia," by Lieutenant Breton, and published in 1833 :§ — ground. It would then suddenly dart into the air to...considerable curve, and finally fall at his feet! From numerous attempts, I am induced to think those only of a peculiar shape can be made invariably... | |
 | 1859 - 404 páginas
...the Intertropical and Western Coast of Australia. 1818 - 1822 Vol. I. p. 355. I Page 216. $ Page 238. ground. It would then suddenly dart into the air to...a very considerable curve, and finally fall at his feetl From numerous attempts, I am induced to think those only of a peculiar shape can be made invariably... | |
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