r gold
is carried on.

1858. T. McCombie, `History of Victoria, c. xv. p. 215:

"All were anxious to get away for the gold fields."

1880. G. Sutherland, [Title] `Tales of Goldfields,' p. 19:

"Edward Hargreaves, the discoverer of the Australian goldfields
. . . received L15,000 as his reward."

<hw>Gold-founded</hw>, <i>part. adj</i>. founded as the result
of the discovery of gold.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. ix. p. 91:

"I rode up the narrow street, serpentine in construction, as in
all gold-founded townships."

<hw>Gold-hunter</hw>, <i>n.</i> searcher after gold.

1852. G. S. Rutter [Title]:

"Hints to Gold-hunters."

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. v. p. 48:

"I was not as one of the reckless gold-hunters with which
the camp was thronged."

<hw>Gold-mining</hw>, <i>verbal n.</i>

1852. J. A.Phillips [Title]:

"Gold-mining; a Scientific Guide for Australian Emigrants."

1880. G. Sutherland, `Tales of Goldfields,' p. 23:

"He had already had quite enough of gold-mining."

<hw>Gold-seeking</hw>, <i>adj</i>.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xv. p. 150:

"The great gold-seeking multitude had swelled . . . to the
population of a province."

<hw>Golden Bell-Frog</hw>, <i>n.</i> name applied to a large
gold and green frog, <i>Hyla aurea</i>, Less., which, unlike
the great majority of the family <i>Hylidae</i> to which it
belongs, is terrestrial and not arboreal in its habits, being
found in and about water-holes in many parts of Australia.

1881. F. McCoy, `Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria,'
Dec. 6, pl. 53:

"So completely alike was the sound of the Bell-frogs in an
adjoining pond at night to the noise of the men by day."

<hw>Golden-chain</hw>, <i>n.</i> another name for the
<i>Laburnum</i>
(q.v.).

<hw>Golden-eye</hw>, <i>n.</i> the bird <i>Certhia
lunulatu</i>, Shaw; now called <i>Melithreptus lunulatus</i>,
Shaw, and classed as <i>White-naped Honey-eater</i> (q.v.).

1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of Linnaean Society,'
vol. xv. p. 315:

"`This bird,' Mr. Caley says, `is called Golden-eye by the
settlers. I shot it at Iron Cove, seven miles from Sydney,
on the Paramatta road.'"

<hw>Golden-Perch</hw>, <i>n.</i> a fresh-water fish of
Australia, <i>Ctenolates ambiguus</i>, Richards., family
<i>Percidae</i>, and <i>C. christyi</i>, Castln.; also called
the <i>Yellow-belly</i>. <i>C. ambiguus</i> is common in the
riv