ned his ticket-of-leave . . . became an
emancipist . . . and found transportation no punishment."

<hw>Emu</hw>, <i>n.</i> an Australian bird, <i>Dromaius
novae-hollandiae</i>, Lath. There is a second species, Spotted
Emu, <i>Dromaius irroratus</i>, Bartlett. An earlier, but now
unusual, spelling is <i>Emeu</i>. <i>Emeus</i> is the
scientific name of a New Zealand genus of extinct struthious
birds. The word <i>Emu</i> is not Australian, but from the
Portuguese <i>Ema</i>, the name first of the Crane, afterwards
of the Ostrich. Formerly the word <i>Emu</i> was used in
English for the Cassowary, and even for the American Ostrich.
Since 1885 an <i>Emu</i> has been the design on the twopenny
postage stamp of New South Wales.

1613. `Purchas Pilgrimmage,' pt. I. Vol v. c. xii. p. 430
(`O.E.D.'):

"The bird called Emia or Eme is admirable."

1774. Oliver Goldsmith, `Natural History,' vol. iii. p. 69,
Book III. c. v. [Heading]

"The Emu."

1788. `History of New South Wales' (1818), p. 53:

"A bird of the ostrich genus, but of a species very different
from any other in the known world, was killed and brought
in. Its length was between seven and eight feet; its flesh was
good and thought to resemble beef. It has obtained the name of
the New South Wales Emu."

1789. Captain W. Tench, `Expedition to Botany Bay,' p. 123:

"The bird which principally claims attention is a species of
ostrich, approaching nearer to the emu of South America than
any other we know of."

1793 Governor Hunter, `Voyage,' p. 69:

"Some were of opinion that it was the emew, which I think is
particularly described by Dr. Goldsmith from Linneus: others
imagined it to be the cassowary, but it far exceeds that bird
in size . . . two distinct feathers grew out from every
quill."

1802. D. Collins, `Account of English Colony in New South Wales,'
vol. ii. p. 307:

"These birds have been pronounced by Sir Joseph Banks, of whose
judgment none can entertain a doubt, to come nearer to what is
known of the American ostrich than to either the emu of India
or the ostrich of Africa."

1804. `Rev. R. Knopwood's Diary' (J. J. Shillinglaw--
`Historical Records of Port Phillip,' 1879), p. 115:

[At the Derwent] 26 March, 1804--"They caught six young emews
[sic], about the size of a turkey, and shot the old mother."

1832. J. Bischof, `Van Diemen's Land,' p. 165:

"We saw an emu track down the side of a hill."

1846. J. L. Stokes, `Di