Part 23 (1/2)

<hw>Blind Shark</hw>, or <hw>Sand Shark</hw>, n iq Shovel-nose (qv)

1882 Rev J E Tenison-Woods `Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales, p 97:

”Rhinobatus granulatus or shovel-nose, which is properly speaking a Ray, is called here the blind or sand shark, though, as Mr Hill reth of from 6 to 7 feet, and is also har small white beads secured closely upon a cord; it however can see tolerably well, and searches on sandy patches for crustaceae and sue of the Fishes of New South Wales,' p 5:

”Rhinobatus GranulatusI have not seen a New South Wales example of this fish, which appears to have been confounded with the following by writers on the Australian fauna

Rhinobatus Bongainvillei, Muell and Heule, Habitat Port Jackson Shovel-nosed Ray of Sydney fishermen”

<hw>Blind-your-Eyes</hw>, n another narove

, doing the, v lounging in the fashi+onable promenade In Melbourne, it is Collins Street, between Elizabeth and Swanston Streets In Sydney, ”The Block”

is that portion of the city bounded by King, George, Hunter, and Pitt Streets It is now really two blocks, but was all in one till the Government purchased the land for the present Post Office, and then opened a new street fro purchased more land, has made the street much wider, and it is now called Martin's Place

1869 Marcus Clarke, `Peripatetic Philosopher,' (in an Essay on `Doing the Block') (reprint), p 13:

”If our Victorian youth showed their appreciation for domestic virtues, Victorian womanhood would `do the Block' less frequently”

1872 `Glimpses of Life in Victoria by a Resident,' p 349:

”A certain portion of Collins street, lined by the best drapers' and jewellers' shops, with here and there a bank or private office intervening, is known as `the Block,' and is the daily resort of the belles and beaux ”

1875 R and F Hill, `What We Saw in Australia,' p 267:

”To `do the block' corresponds in Melbourne to driving in Hyde Park”

1876 Wion,'

p 234:

”The streets are thronged with handsome women, veritable denizens of the soil, fashi+onably and really tastefully attired, `doing the block,' patrolling Collins-street, or gracefully reclining in carriages ”

1890 Tasma, `In her Earliest Youth,' p 126:

”You just do as I tell you, and we'll go straight off to town and `do the block'”

1894 `The Herald' (Melbourne), Oct 6, p 6, col 1:

”But the people doing the block thislook very nice”

<hw>Block, on the</hw>(1) On the prous,' July 17, p 4 col 7:

” We ain, just as the busy o slowly in the crowd on the Block”

(2) Terht,'

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