hw>, or <hw>Major Grocer</hw>, name given to
one of the fruits of the Geebung tribe. See <i>Geebung</i>,
/or <i>Geebong</i>/ and quotation under <i>Major Buller</i>.

<hw>Major Mitchell</hw>, <i>n</i>. vernacular name of a species
of Cockatoo, <i>Cacatua leadbeateri</i>, Vig. It was called
after the explorer, Major (afterwards Sir Thomas) Mitchell, who
was Surveyor- General of New South Wales. The cry of the bird
was fancifully supposed to resemble his name.
See <i>Leadbeater</i>.

<hw>Make a light</hw>, expressive pigeon-English. An aboriginal's
phrase for to look for, to find. "You been make a light
yarraman this morning?" i.e. Have you found or seen the
horses this morning?

1859. H. Kingsley, `Geoffrey Hamlyn,' vol. ii. p. 185
[Footnote]:

"`Make a light,' in blackfellow's gibberish, means simply
`See.'"

<hw>Mako</hw>, <i>n</i>. originally <i>Makomako</i>. Maori
name for a New Zealand tree, <i>Aristotelia racemosa</i>,
Hook., <i>N.O. Tiliaceae</i>, often but incorrectly called
Mokomoko.

1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand, p. 130:

"Mako, a small handsome tree, six to twenty feet high,
quick-growing, with large racemes of reddish nodding flowers.
Wood very light and white in colour."

<hw>Mako/2/</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for the <i>Tiger-
Shark</i>. See <i>Shark</i>. The teeth of the Mako are used
for ornaments by the Maoris.

<hw>Mallee</hw>, <i>n.</i> and <i>adj</i>. an aboriginal word.
Any one of several scrubby species of Eucalyptus in the desert
parts of South Australia and Victoria, especially <i>Eucalyptus
dumosa</i>, Cunn., and <i>E. oleosa</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O</i>.
<i>Myrtaceae</i>. They are also called <i>Mallee Gums</i>.
Accent on the first syllable. The word is much used as an
adjective to denote the district in which the shrub grows, the
"<i>Mallee District</i>," and this in late times is generally
shortened into <i>The Mallee</i>. Compare "The Lakes" for the
Lake-district of Cumberland. It then becomes used as an
epithet of Railways, Boards, Farmers, or any matters connected
with that district.

1848. W. Westgarth, `Australia Felix,' p. 73:

"The natives of the Wimmera prepare a luscious drink from the
laap, a sweet exudation from the leaf of the mallee
(<i>Eucalyptus dumosa</i>"

1854. E. Stone Parker, `Aborigines of Australia,' p. 25:

"The immense thickets of <i>Eucalyptus dumosa</i>, commonly
designated the `Malle' scrub."

1857. W. Howitt,' T