a not unusual contraction of Government service, used by contractors and working men. ), about the size ofa bull terrier, is an exceedingly fierce and disgusting-lookinganimal, of a black colour, usually having one white band acrossthe chest, and another across the back, near the tail. the scientific generic nameof the Tait (q. Of Blackfellows--1822.
Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. This word was soon applied by thewhites as a term for the wild blacks who frequented these largeremote myall woods. Tea made of the leavesof Manuka (q.
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