Sidney, `Three Colonies of Australia,' p. 46: Sandy-blight occurs generally in sandy districts in the NorthKennedy; it may be avoided by ordinary care, and washing theeyes after a hot ride through sandy country. Fern-tree, n. This is a very large and lofty tree,much exceeding the English oak in size.

, Echidna aculeata, Shaw; Bruijn's E. Nay, some years ago, at a fishmonger's in Melbourne,a fish used to be labelled with the name of a prominentVictorian politician now no more. calophylla, R. Threlkeld, the word is aboriginal, though notof the dialect of the Hunter District, of which he is speaking.