nner of this rotation is determined by the
peculiar impetus given it by the hand of the man who throws it.

It is well that we are able to explain the boomerang a little, for
that is all we can do with it. The savage cannot explain it at all;
but he can use it.

But, after all, I do not know that a boomerang would be of much
service to us even if we could use it. There is only one thing that I
can now think of that it would be good for. It would be a splendid to
knock down chestnuts with!

Just think of a boomerang going twirling into a chestnut-tree,
twisting, turning, banging, and cracking on every side, knocking down
the chestnuts in a perfect shower, and then coming gently back into
your hand, all ready for another throw!

It would be well worth while to go out chestnuting, if we had a
boomerang to do the work for us.

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Now our Ramblings must come to an end. We cannot walk about the world
for ever, you know, no matter how pleasant it may be.

And I wish I was quite sure that you have all found these wanderings
pleasant.

As for me, there were some things that I did not like so well as
others, and I suppose that that was the case with all of you.

But it could not be helped. In this world some things will be better
than others, do what we may.

One of these days, perhaps, we may ramble about again. Until then,
good-by!

THE END.

_Charles Scribner's Sons Books for Young Readers._

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