t-looking creatures that I have ever seen.
It is called `Weta,' and is of tawny scorpion-like colour,
with long antenna and great eyes, and nasty squashy-looking
body, with (I think) six legs. It is a kind of animal which no
one would wish to touch: if touched, it will bite sharply, some
say venomously. It is very common but not often seen, and
lives chiefly among dead wood and under stones."

1888. J. Adams, `On the Botany of Te Moehau,' `Transactions of
New Zealand Institute,' vol. xxi. art. ii. p. 41:

"Not a sound was heard in that lonely forest, except at long
intervals the sharp noise produced by the <i>weta</i>."

<hw>W. F.'s</hw>, old Tasmanian term for wild cattle.

1891. James Fenton, `Bush Life in Tasmania Fifty Years Ago,'
p. 24:

"Round up a mob of the wildest W.F.'s that ever had their ears
slit."

[Note]: "This was the brand on Mr. William Field's wild
cattle."

<hw>Whalebone-Tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Mint-Tree</i>
(q.v.).

<hw>Whaler</hw>, <i>n</i>. used specifically as slang
for a <i>Sundowner</i> (q.v.); one who cruises about.

1893. `Sydney Morning Herald,' Aug. 12, p. 8. col. 8:

"The nomad, the `whaler,' it is who will find the new order
hostile to his vested interest of doing nothing."

<hw>Whaler/2</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Sydney to the Shark,
<i>Carcharias brachyurus</i>, Gunth., which is not confined to
Australasia.

<hw>Whare</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori word for a house;
a dissyllable, variously spelt, rhyming with `quarry.'
It is often quaintly joined with English words; e.g. a
<i>sod-whare</i>, a cottage built with sods. In a Maori
vocabulary, the following are given: <i>whare-kingi</i>,
a castle; <i>whare-karakia</i>, a church; <i>whare-here</i>,
the lock-up.

1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'
(Church Missionary Society), p. 225:

"Ware, <i>s</i>. a house, a covering."

1833. `Henry Williams' Journal: Carleton's Life,' p. 151:

"The Europeans who were near us in a raupo <i>whare</i>
(rush house)."

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 26:

"We were much amused at seeing the ware-puni, or sleeping-
houses, of the natives. These are exceedingly low, and covered
with earth, on which weeds very often grow. They resemble in
shape and size a hot-bed with the glass off."

1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes,' c. x. p. 265 (Third
Edition, 1855):

"Sitting in the sun at the mouth of his warree, smoking hi