Talking about spear-heads, in the ranges where I met Jacky Jacky there was a quarry of that kind of stone which was used for the making of war and other implements.

It was very much worked, and as you may suppose was a valuable possession to the tribe in whose territory it was situated.

The stone was a kind of flint, extremely hard and capable of being made very sharp, and retaining its edge.

Natives from far and near came to barter for the stone with shells, and ornaments which these inland tribes did not possess.

The method of getting out the stone was by building fires over it, and then when it had become red-hot throwing large and small quantities of water upon it in an amazingly dexterous way.