canoes came alongside of the ship, of whom we got some
fish, kumeras or sweet potatoes, and several other things."

1828. `Henry William Diarys' (in Life by Carleton), p. 69:

"Kumara had been planted over the whole plain."

1830. Ibid. p. 79:

"We passed over the hill, and found the assailants feasting on
the kumara, or sweet potato, which they just pulled up from
the garden at which they had landed."

1851. Mrs. Wilson, `New Zealand,' p. 49:

"He saw some fine peaches and kumaras or sweet potatoes."

1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes,' c. xi. p. 273 (3rd
edition, 1855)

"The kumara or sweet potato is a most useful root."

1863. F. E. Maning (Pakeha Maori), `Old New Zealand,' p. 51:

"Behind the pigs was placed by the active exertion of two or
three hundred people, a heap of potatoes and kumera, in
quantity about ten tons, so there was no lack of the raw
material for a feast."

1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' p. 430:

"Now the autumn's fruits
Karaka,--taro,--kumera,--berries, roots
Had all been harvested with merry lays
And rites of solemn gladness."

1884. T. Bracken, `Lays of Maori,' p. 18:

"Some more dainty toothsome dish
Than the kumera and fish."

<hw>Kumquat, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian tree,
<i>Atalantia glauca</i>, Hook., <i>N.O. Rutaceae</i>,
i.q. <i>Desert Lemon</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Kurdaitcha</hw>, <hw>Coordaitcha</hw>, or <hw>Goditcha</hw>,
<i>n</i>. a native term applied by white men to a particular
kind of shoe worn by the aborigines of certain parts of Central
Australia, and made of emu feathers matted together. The two
ends are of the same shape, so that the direction in which the
wearer has travelled cannot be detected. The wearer is
supposed to be intent upon murder, and the blacks really apply
the name to the wearer himself. The name seems to have been
transferred by white men to the shoes, the native name for
which is <i>interlin</i>~a, or <i>urtathurta</i>.

1886. E. M. Curr, `Australian Race,' vol. i. p. 148:

"It was discovered in 1882 . . . that the Blacks . . . wear a
sort of shoe when they attack their enemies by stealth at
night. Some of the tribes call these shoes <i>Kooditcha</i>,
their name for an invisible spirit. I have seen a pair of
them. The soles were made of the feathers of the emu, stuck
together with a little human blood, which the maker is said to
take from his arm. They were about an inch and a half thick,
soft, and of