ished from the "New Iniquity,"
as the people were termed who came from Australia.

1879. W. J. Barry, `Up and Down,' p. 197:

"The old identities were beginning to be alive to the
situation."

1894. `Sydney Morning Herald,' Oct.:

"It is permissible to wonder about the origin of the phrase `an
old identity.' Surely no man, however old, can be an identity?
An entity he is, or a nonentity; an individual, a centenarian,
or an oldest inhabitant; but identity is a condition of
sameness, of being identical with something. One can establish
one's identity with that of some one who is being sought or
sued, but once established it escapes us."

<hw>Inaka</hw>, <i>n</i>. a fish. See <i>Inanga</i>.

<hw>Inanga</hw> or <hw>Inaka</hw>, <i>n</i>. (the <i>ng</i>
as in the word <i>singer</i>, not as in <i>finger</i>),
a New Zealand fish, <i>Galaxias attenuatus</i>, or
<i>Retropinna richardsoni</i>. It is often called the
<i>Whitebait</i> and <i>Minnow</i>, and in Tasmania the
larger variety is called <i>Jolly-tail</i>. The change
from <i>Inanga</i> to <i>Inaka</i> is a dialectal Maori
variation, answering exactly to the change from North
Island Kainga to South Island Kaik (q.v.).

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol.
ii. p. 100:

"This fish is called hinanga [sic.], and resembles Blackwall
white-bait in size and flavour. Its colour is a pinkish white,
spotted with black."

1896. `The Australasian,' Aug. 28, p. 407, col. 3:

"About the same size as this fish [the cockabully] is the
`inaka' much used for bait. Indeed, it is called the New
Zealand whitebait. A friend from Victoria having used this
bait, I asked him to spell the name of the fish, and he wanted
to make it like the patriarch who `walked with God'
--Enoch-a. The more correct shape of the Maori word is inanga;
but in the South Island `k' often takes the place of that
distinctive Maori letter `ng,' as `kainga' becomes kaik;
ngaio, kaio."

<hw>Inchman</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian name for the
<i>Bull-dog Ant</i> (q.v.), from its length, which is
sometimes nearly an inch.

<hw>Indians</hw>, pl. <i>n</i>. early and now obsolete name
for the Aboriginals in Australia and even for the Maoris.

1769. J. Banks, `Journal,' Oct. 21 (Sir J. D. Hooker
edition), p. 191:

"We applied to our friends the Indians for a passage
in one of their canoes."

[These were Maoris.]

1770. Ibid. April 28:

"During this time, a few of the Ind