're bound to visit lightly sins in those
who cattle duff."

<hw>Cattle-racket</hw>, <i>n</i>. Explained in quotation.

1852. `Settlers and Convicts; or Recollections of Sixteen
Years' Labour in the Australian Backwoods,' p. 294:

"A Cattle-racket. The term at the head of this chapter was
originally applied in New South Wales to the agitation of
society which took place when some wholesale system of plunder
in cattle was brought to light. It is now commonly applied to
any circumstance of this sort, whether greater or less, and
whether springing from a felonious intent or accidental."

<hw>Caustic-Creeper</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to <i>Euphorbia
drummondii</i>, Boiss., <i>N.O. Euphorbiaceae</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 127:

"Called `caustic-creeper' in Queensland. Called `milk-plant'
and `pox-plant' about Bourke. This weed is unquestionably
poisonous to sheep, and has recently (Oct. 1887) been reported
as having been fatal to a flock near Bourke, New South
Wales. . . . When eaten by sheep in the early morning, before
the heat of the sun has dried it up, it is almost certain to be
fatal. Its effect on sheep is curious. The head swells to an
enormous extent, becoming so heavy that the animal cannot
support it, and therefore drags it along the ground; the ears
suppurate. (Bailey and Gordon.)"

<hw>Caustic-Plant</hw>, or <hw>Caustic-Vine</hw>,
<i>n</i>. <i>Sarcostemma australis</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O.
Asclepiadea</i>. Cattle and sheep are poisoned by eating it.

<hw>Cavally</hw>, <i>n</i>. the original form of the Australian
fish-name <i>Trevally</i> (q.v.). The form <i>Cavally</i> is
used to Europe, but is almost extinct in Australia; the form
<i>Trevally</i> is confined to Australia.

<hw>Cedar</hw>,</hw> n</i>. The true Cedar is a Conifer
(<i>N.O. Coniferae</i>) of the genus <i>Cedrus</i>, but the
name is given locally to many other trees resembling it in
appearance, or in the colour or scent of their wood. The New
Zealand <i>Cedar</i> is the nearest approach to the true
<i>Cedar</i>, and none of the so-called Australian
<i>Cedars</i> are of the order <i>Coniferae</i>. The following
are the trees to which the name is applied in Australia:--

Bastard Pencil Cedar--
<i>Dysoxylon rfum</i>, Benth., <i>N.O. Meliaceae</i>.

Brown C.--
<i>Ehretia acuminata</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Asperifoliae</i>.

Ordinary or Red C.-- <i>Cedrela australis</i>, F. v. M.
<i>Cedrela toona<