to mark out a gold-claim underthe Mining Act, or a Free-Selection (q. 71: Dingoes, the Australian name for the wild dogs so destructiveto sheep. The name, as denoting a cold wind, is now almost obsolete, andits meaning has been very curiously changed and extended toother colonies to denote a very hot wind. Domett's collection of Ordinances, 1850.
The blossoms at the properseasons yield a great quantity of honey, which on a dewymorning may be observed dropping from the flowers. 125: Tawhai, Red-birch (from colour of bark). shell money of the South SeaIslands. 137: We found nine birds, that, whilst swimming, most perfectlyresembled the rara avis of the ancients, a black swan.
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