Hunting

Image Title:
Throwing the kerrie

Note:
“This weapon is only twenty inches in length and can be conveniently carried in the belt. At close quarters it can be used as a club, but it is more frequently employed as a missile. The illustration represents a Kaffis lad in the act of throwing the knob-kerrie. He has four or five of these missiles in his left hand, and hurls them one after the other with great rapidity. The animals which he is attacking are the rock-rabbits, scientifically known under the name of Hyrax, and identical with the “coney” of the Scriptures.”[Wood, p.108]

Source:
Wood, J. G. 1868. The Natural History of Man; Being an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Uncivilized Races of Men Vol. I. London: G. Routledge and Sons, p.108. Book at Google.

Subject:
Hunting - Africa - Rock-Rabbits - Hunter - Kerrie - Wild Game - Knob-Kerrie - Hyrax - Scriptures