ave you any particular `derry' upon this
Wendouree?--No; not at all. There are worse vessels knocking
about than the Wendouree."

<hw>Dervener</hw>, <i>n</i>. See quotation,
and <i>Derwenter</i>.

1896. `The Argus,' Jan. 2, p. 3, col. 4, Letters to the
Editor:

"`Dervener.'--An expression used in continental Australia for a
man from the Derwent in Tasmania. Common up till 1850 at
least.--David Blair."

Ibid. Jan. 3, p. 6, col. 6:

"With respect to `dervener,' the word was in use while the blue
shirt race existed [sc. convicts], and these people did not
become extinct until after 1860.--Cymro-Victoria."

<hw>Derwenter</hw>, <i>n</i>. a released convict from Hobart
Town, Tasmania, which is on the River Derwent.

1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. xx. p. 140:

"An odd pair of sawyers, generally `Derwenters,' as the
Tasmanian expirees were called."

<hw>Desert Lemon</hw>, <i>n</i>. called also <i>Native
Kumquat</i>, <i>Atalantia glauca</i>, Hook.,
<i>N.O. Rutacea</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 8:

"The native kumquat or desert lemon. The fruit is globular,
and about half an inch in diameter. It produces an agreeable
beverage from its acid juice."

<hw>Desert-Oak</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian tree, <i>Casuarina
decaisneana</i>, F. v. M. See <i>Casuarina</i> and <i>Oak</i>.

1896. Baldwin Spencer, `Horne Expedition in Central
Australia,' Narrative, p. 49:

"We had now amongst these sandhills come into the region of the
`Desert Oak' (<i>Casuarina Decaisneana</i>). Some of the trees
reach a height of forty or fifty feet, and growing either
singly or in clumps form a striking feature amongst the thin
sparse scrub. . . . The younger ones resemble nothing so much
as large funeral plumes. Their outlines seen under a blazing
sun are indistinct, and they give to the whole scene a curious
effect of being `out of focus.'"

<hw>Devil, Tasmanian</hw>, <i>n</i>. an animal, <i>Sarcophilus
ursinus</i>, Harris. Formerly, but erroneously, referred to
the genus <i>Dasyurus</i> (q.v.), which includes the <i>Native
Cat</i> (see under <i>Cat</i>): described in the quotations.

1832. J. Bischoff, `Van Diemen's Land,' vol. ii. p. 29:

"The devil, or as naturalists term it, <i>Dasyurus ursinus</i>,
is very properly named."

1853. J. West, `History of Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 323:

"The devil (<i>Dasyurus ursinus</i>, Geoff.), about the size of
a bull terrier, is an exceeding