132:

"Black Boy . . . gum on the spear, resin on the trunk."

Ibid. ii. 12, 280 [Note]

"These trees, called blackboys by the colonists, from the
resemblance they bear in the distance to natives."

1873. A. Trollope, `Australia and New Zealand,' vol. ii. p. 92:

"Gas admirably fitted for domestic purposes had been extracted
from the shrub called the `blackboy.' I regret to state that
the gas . . . is not . . . at present known in the colony."

1886. R. Henty, `Australiana,' p. 15:

"The common grass-tree or `blackboy,' so called from its long
dark stem and dark seed head (when dry)."

1896. `The Australasian,' Feb. 15, p. 313 (with an
Illustration):

"The Blackboy trees are a species of grass-tree or
<i>Xanthorrhoea</i>, exuding a gummy substance used by the
blacks for fastening glass and quartz-barbs to their spears.
Many years ago, when coal was scarce in Western Australia, an
enterprising firm . . . erected a gas-making plant, and
successfully lit their premises with gas made from the
Blackboy."

1896. Modern:

A story is told of a young lady saying to a naval officer:--
"I was this morning watching your ship coming into harbour,
and so intently that I rode over a young blackboy." The officer
was shocked at her callousness in expressing no contrition.

<hw>Black-Bream</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian fish,
<i>Chrysophrys australis</i>, Gunth., family <i>Sparidae</i>,
or Sea-Breams; called in Tasmania <i>Silver-Bream</i>, the fish
there called <i>Black-Bream</i> being another of the
<i>Sparidae</i>, <i>Girella tricuspidata</i>, Cuv. and Val.
See <i>Tarwhine</i> and <i>Black-fish</i>.

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,' p. 42:

"<i>Chrysophrys</i> comprises the tarwhine and black-bream of
the Sydney fishermen. . . . We have two species in
Australia. . . . The black-bream, <i>C. australis</i>,
Gunth., and the tarwhine, <i>C. sarba</i>, Forsk. . . .
The Australian bream is as common on the south as on the east
coast. It affords excellent sport to anglers in Victoria."

<hw>Blackbutt</hw>, <i>n</i>. <i>Eucalyptus pilularis</i>, Smith,
Victoria; <i>E. regnans</i>, F. v. M., New South Wales; a timber
tree, a gum. Another name is <i>Flintwood</i>. The lower part
of the trunk is black.

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 49:

"The range . . . having with the exception of the Blackbutt all
the trees . . . of Moreton Bay."

1863. M. K. Beveridge, `Gathe