inent."

1888. Baron F. von Mueller, `Select Extra-tropical Plants'
[7th ed.], p. 1:

"Acacia aneura, F. v. M. Arid desert interior of extra-tropic
Australia. A tree never more than 25 feet high. The principal
`Mulga' tree. . . . Cattle and sheep browse on the twigs of
this and some allied species, even in the presence of plentiful
grass, and are much sustained by such acacias in seasons of
protracted drought."

1892. Gilbert Parker, `Round the Compass in Australia,'
p. 43:

"Not a drop of rain! And for many and many a day the jackaroo
will still chop down the limbs of the mulga-tree, that of its
tonic leaves the sheep may eat and live."

1894. `The Argus,' Sept. 1, p. 4, col. 2:

"The dull green of the mulga-scrub at their base."

1896. H. Lawson, `When the World was Wide,' p. 85:

"Flax and tussock and fern,
Gum and mulga and sand,
Reef and palm--but my fancies turn
Ever away from land."

(2) A weapon, made of mulgawood.

(a) A shield.

1878. `Catalogue of Ethnotypical Art in the National Gallery'
(Melbourne), p. 19:

"<i>Mulga</i>. Victoria. Thirty-six inches in length. This
specimen is 37 inches in length and 5 inches in breadth at the
broadest part. The form of a section through the middle is
nearly triangular. The aperture for the hand (cut in the solid
wood) is less than 4 inches in length. Ornamentation
:Herring-bone, the incised lines being filled in with white
clay. Some figures of an irregular form are probably the
distinguishing marks of the owner's tribe. This shield was
obtained from Larne-Gherin in the Western District."

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 349:

"Mulga is the name of a long narrow shield of wood,
made by the aboriginals out of acacia-wood."

(b) In one place Sir Thomas Mitchell speaks of it as a club.

1839. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' vol. ii. p. 267:

"The malga [sic] . . . with which these natives were
provided, somewhat resembled a pick-axe with one half broken
off."

<hw>Mulga-Apple</hw>, <i>n</i>. a gall formed on the
Mulga-tree, <i>Acacia aneura</i>, F. v. M. (q.v.). See also
<i>Apple</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 3:

"In Western New South Wales two kinds of galls are found on
these trees. One kind is very astringent, and not used; but
the other is less abundant, larger, succulent and edible.
These latter galls are called `mulga-apples,' and are said to
be very welcome to the thi