278: A favourite plan among the bold scrub-riders. Spine-bill, n. 19: Paramattas, fine cloths originally made from the Paramattawool, with silk warps, though now woollen. '): The ten New Caledonia escapees .
Native Potato, n. 33: Red gum, a wood which has of late years been exported toEngland in great quantities; it has all the properties ofmahogany. Compare Katipo (q. ' Small birds areoccasionally found in a wretched state of discomfort in whichthey appear a moving mass of burrs.