v. M.,
<i>N.O. Tiliaceae</i>. The fruit, which is of a blue colour
and is eaten by children, is also called the <i>Native
Peach</i>.

1839. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' p. 135:

"In all these scrubs on the Murray the <i>Fusanus
acuminatus</i> is common, and produces the quandang
nut (or kernel)."

1857. W. Howitt, `Tallangetta,' vol. i. p. 41:

"Abundance of fig, and medlar and quince trees, cherries,
loquots, quondongs, gooseberry, strawberry, and raspberry
trees."

1867. G. G. McCrae, `Balladeadro,' p. 10:

"Speed thee, Ganook, with these swift spears--
This firebrand weeping fiery tears,
And take this quandang's double plum,
'Twill speak alliance tho' 'tis dumb."

1887. R. M. Praed, `Longleat of Kooralbyn,' c. xx. p. 199:

"They came upon a quantong-tree, and pausing beneath it, began
to pick up the fallen fruit. . . . There were so many
berries, each containing a shapely nut, that Honoria might
string a dozen necklaces."

1890. Lyth, `Golden South,' c. ix. p. 79:

"I have forgotten to mention the quandong, a shrub bearing
a fruit the size and colour of cherries."

(2) The fruit of this tree, and also its kernel.

1885. J. Hood, `Land of the Fern,' p. 53:

"She had gone to string on a necklet of seeds from the
quongdong tree.'

1887. R. M. Praed, `Longleat of Kooralbyn,' c. xix.
p. 196:

"Miss Longleat was wild after quandongs."

[Footnote]: "A berry growing in the scrub, the kernels of which
are strung into necklaces."

1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 9:

"Another fruit of fraudulent type growing on the plains
is the quandong. Something in shape and colour like a
small crab-apple, it is fair enough to the eye, but in
taste thoroughly insipid."

<hw>Quart-pot</hw>, <i>n</i>. a tin vessel originally imported
as a measure, and containing an exact imperial quart. It had no
lid, but a side handle. Before 1850 the word <i>Quart-pot</i>,
for a kettle, was as universal in the bush as "<i>Billy</i>"
(q.v.) is now. The billy, having a lid and a wire handle by
which to suspend it over the fire, superseded the quart-pot
about 1851. In addition to the <i>Billy</i>, there is a
<i>Quart-pot</i> still in use, especially in South Australia
and the back-blocks. It has two sidehandles working in
sockets, so as to fold down flat when travelling. The lid is
an inverted <i>pannikin</i> fitted into it, and is used as a
drinking-cup.

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queens