hoot, mate?' The Maori equivalent for
money is <i>utu</i>, pronounced by the Ngapuhi and other
northern tribes with the last syllable clipped, and the word is
very largely used by the kauri-gum diggers and station hands in
the North Island. The original meaning of <i>utu</i> in Maori
is `revenge.' When the missionaries first settled in New
Zealand, they found that the savage inhabitants had no
conception of any recompense except the grim recompense of
blood. Under Christianizing influences the natives were
induced to forego the blood-revenge for injuries, on receiving
a solatium in goods or land, and so <i>utu</i> came to have the
double meaning of revenge and recompense, and eventually became
recognized as the Maori word for money."

<hw>Hop-bush</hw>, <i>n</i>. "the name for all species of
<i>Dodonaea</i>" (Maiden, p. 417), <i>N.O. Sapindaceae</i>.

1883. F. M. Bailey, `Queensland Flora,' Synopsis, p. 82:

"The capsules of many <i>Dodonaeas</i> are used for hops,
and thus the shrubs are known as hop-bushes in Queensland."

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 621:

"`Hop-bush,' called `switch-sorrel' in Jamaica, and according
to Dr. Bennett, `apiri' in Tahiti. Found in all the colonies."

<hw>Hopping-fish</hw>, or <hw>Climbing-fish</hw>, <i>n</i>.
a fish of the north of New South Wales and of Queensland,
P<i>eriophthalmus australis</i>, Castln., family
<i>Gobiidae</i>. Called also <i>Skipper</i>.

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,'
p. 27:

"On the confines of the northern boundaries of New South Wales
may be seen a very remarkable Goby called the `Hopping-fish.'
The pectoral fins are developed into regular legs, with which
the fish hops or leaps along the mud flats . . . The eyes are
on the top of the head, and very prominent, and moreover they
can be thrust very far out of their sockets, and moved
independently of one another, thus the fish can see long
distances around, and overtake the small crabs in spite of the
long stalks to their optics. It is a tropical form, yet it is
said to be found on the mud-flats of the Richmond River."

<hw>Hops, Native</hw>, or <hw>Wild</hw>, <i>n</i>. In
Australia, the fruit of the <i>Hop-bush</i> (see above),
<i>Dodonaea</i> spp. In Tasmania, <i>Daviesia latifolia</i>,
R.Br., <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>, and called also there
<i>Bitter-Leaf</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 23:

"`Native hops,' on account