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a mineral. 27: But that which afforded the largest amount of solid andsubstantial nutritious matter was the native bread, afungus Dog's Tongue, n. Sophora podded Acacia or Booby-aloe.

Dawson, `Present State of Australia,' p. Broadbent H. Thissuperstition arose in Taranaki in 1864, through the crazyfancies of the chief Te Ua, who communed with angels andinterpreted the Bible. Forpeculiar use of the name for the Continent in 1793, seeAustralia.