309: Our largest animals are the Kangaroos . the jungle-hen of Australia. hemagisterial question--`What was he doing when you apprehendedhim?' `Oh! larriking (larking) about, yer Wurtchip. coctionwhich has the power of stupefying emus, which under itsinfluence are easily captured by the natives.
James ReidScott, M. It is sometimes called bastard gidgeein Western New South Wales. 233: I stared at a man one day for saying that a certain allotmentof land was `an old-man allotment': he meant a large allotment,the old-man kangaroo being the largest kangaroo. I have adopted the popularname `copperhead' for this snake from a well-known vendor of asupposed antidote for snake-bites.
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