from the sharp erect teeth of most other sharks. The word
<i>Hound</i> is the Old World name for all the species of the
genus <i>Mustelus</i>. This fish, says Hutton, is much eaten
by the Maoris.

<hw>Gum-sucker</hw>, <i>n.</i> slang for Victorian-born, not
now much used; but it is not always limited to Victorians.

1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,'
vol. i. p. 201:

"The acacias are the common wattles of this country; from their
trunks and branches clear transparent beads of the purest
Arabian gum are seen suspended in the dry spring weather, which
our young currency bantlings eagerly search after and regale
themselves with."

[The practice of `gum-sucking' is here noticed, though the word does
not occur.]

1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 24:

"If he had not been too 'cute to be bitten twice by the
over-'cute `gumsuckers,' as the native Victorians are called."

1890. `Quiz `(Adelaide), Dec. 26:

"Quiz will take good care that the innocent Australians are not
fooled without a warning. Really L. and his accomplices must
look upon gumsuckers as being pretty soft."

<hw>Gunyah</hw>, <i>n.</i> aboriginal name for a black-fellow's
hut, roughly constructed of boughs and bark; applied also to
other forms of shelter. The spelling varies greatly: in
Col. Mundy's book (1855) there are no fewer than four forms.
See <i>Humpy</i> and <i>Gibber</i>. What Leichhardt saw (see
quotation 1847) was very remarkable.

1798. D. Collins, `Account of English Colony in New South
Wales,' in an aboriginal vocabulary of Port Jackson, p. 610:

"Go-nie--a hut."

1830. R.Dawson, `Present State of Australia,' p. 70:

"One of their gunyers (bark huts)."

Ibid. p. 171:

"A native encampment, consisting of eight or ten `gunyers.'
This is the native term for small huts, which are supported
by three forked sticks (about three feet long) brought together
at the top in a triangular form: the two sides towards the wind
are covered by long sheets of bark, the third is always left
open to the wind."

1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. I. c. ii. p. 78:

"We observed a fresh-made gunneah (or native hut)."

1839. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions into the Interior
of Eastern Australia,' c. ii. p. 35:

"Three huts, or gunyahs, consisted of a few green boughs, which
had just been put up for shelter from the rain then falling."

1845. J. O. Balfour, `Sketch of New South Wales,'