The distance they go beyond is the test of a good thrower; over three hundred yards is not unusual.

As practice in this game is kept up, the young men hold their own.
There is another throwing stick somewhat larger than the gurril boodthul, which only weighs about three ounces, and is about a foot in length.

The other stick is thrown to touch the ground, then bound on, sometimes making one high long leap, sometimes a series of jumps, as a flat pebble does when thrown along the water in the game children call 'ducks and drakes.' Yahweerh is a sort of sham trial fight.

One man has a bark shield, and he has to defend himself with it from the bark toy boomerangs the others throw.

Here again the old men win.