1875. R. and F. Hill, `What we saw in Australia,' p. 61:

". . . we made acquaintance with the `dog's leg' fence.
This is formed of bare branches of the gum-tree laid obliquely,
several side by side, and the ends overlapping, so that they
have somewhat the appearance that might be presented by the
stretched-out legs of a crowd of dogs running at full speed.
An upright stick at intervals, with a fork at the top, on which
some of the cross-branches rest, adds strength to the
structure."

1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 13:

"While the primaeval `dog-leg' fence of the Victorian bush,
or the latter-day `chock and log' are no impediments in the path
of our foresters." [sc. kangaroos; see <i>Forester</i>.]

1888. Rolf Boldrewood, `Robbery under Arms,' p. 71:

"As we rode up we could see a gunyah made out of boughs, and a
longish wing of dog leg fence, made light but well put
together."

<hw>Dog's Tongue</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to the plant
<i>Cynoglossum suaveolens</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Asperifoliae</i>.

<hw>Dogwood</hw>, <i>n</i>. various trees and their wood; none
of them the same as those called <i>dogwood</i> in the Northern
Hemisphere, but their woods are used for similar purposes, e.g.
butchers' skewers, fine pegs, and small pointed wooden
instruments. In Australia generally, <i>Jacksonia
scoparia</i>, R. Br., also <i>Myoporum platycarpum</i>, R. Br.
In Tasmania, <i>Bedfordia salicina</i>, De C.,
<i>N.O. Compositae</i>, which is also called <i>Honeywood</i>,
and in New South Wales, <i>Cottonwood</i> (q.v.), and the two
trees <i>Pomaderris elliptica</i>, Lab., and <i>P. apetala</i>,
Lab., <i>N.O. Rhamnaceae</i>, which are called respectively
<i>Yellow</i> and <i>Bastard Dogwood</i>. See also
<i>Coranderrk</i>. In parts of Tasmania, <i>Pomaderris
apetala</i>, Lab., <i>N.O. Rhamn/ac?/eae</i>, is also called
<i>Dogwood</i>, or <i>Bastard Dogwood</i>.

1836. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 16:

"There is a secluded hollow of this kind near Kangaroo Bottom,
near Hobart Town, where the common dogwood of the colony
(pomaderris apetala) has sprung up so thick and tall, that Mr.
Babington and myself having got into it unawares one day, had
the greatest difficulty imaginable to get out after three or
four hours' labour. Not one of the plants was more than six
inches apart from the others, while they rose from 6 to 12
yards in height, with leaves at the top which almost wholly
excluded the light of