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335: Among the beings which, although not natives of the bush,appear to be peculiar to the wilds of Australia, the class ofmen called Overlanders must not be omitted. They were black and smooth in the hair as the mole of the OldCountry, and were esteemed delicacies. Wilkin, in a Letter printed by C. Those only, who can command the shearing of from tento forty thousand fleeces annually, are estimated as worthyof any note.

-- Zygaena malleus (Maori name, Mangopare). `The Argus,' April 8, p. Stevenson, `Island Night's Entertainments,'p. scilicet, that is to say.