Part 152 (1/2)

No 7, p 107:

”What are commonly styled `locusts' in this country are really Cicadae, belonging to a totally distinct and widely separated order of insects And moreover the same kind of Cicada is known by different names in different localities, such as `Miller,' `Mealyback,' etc The true locusts belong to the grasshoppers, while the homopterous Cicadidae have been known as Cicadas from times of remote antiquity”

<hw>Locust-tree</hw>, of New Zealand See Kowhai

<hw>Logan-Apple</hw>, n a small Queensland tree, with an acid fruit, Acronychia acidia, F v M, NO Rutaceae

<hw>Log-hut</hw>, n Log-cabin is Aton, `History of New South Wales,' p 178:

”Not s better than log-huts”

[This was in Sydney, 1796]

1846 J L Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol I

c ix p 287:

”Captain Fyans was living in a log-hut on the banks of the Marabool river”

1890 Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c vi p 61:

”Log-huts, with the walls built A-Runner</hw>, n an Australian bird, called also a Spinetail The species are--

Black-headed-- Orthonyx spaldingi, Ramsay;

Spinetailed-- O spinicauda, Temm, called also Pheasant's Mother See Orthonyx

<hw>Logs</hw>, n pl the Lock-up Originally, in the early days, a log-hut, and often keeping the name when it was made a more secure place Sometimes, when there was no lock-up, the prisoners were chained to heavy logs of trees

1802 GBarrington, `History of New South Wales,' p 184:

”The governor resolved on building a large log prison both at Sydney and Paras were ordered to be sent in by the various settlers, officers and others”

[p 196]: ”The inhabitants of Sydney were assessed to supply thatch for the new gaol, and the building was enclosed with a strong high fence It was 80 feet long, the sides and ends were of strong logs, a double rohich formed each partition The prison was divided into 22 cells The floor and the roof were logs, over which was a coat eight inches deep of clay”

1851 Letter froiven in Canon Good Episcopate of Bishop Perry,' p 164:

”One [sentry] at the lock-up, a regular A-hut”

[sic But in A-cabin]

1888 Rolf Boldrewood, `Robbery under ArsThe lock-up, like hly squared, with the ceiling the same sort”

1888 Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydneyside Saxon,' p 111:

”`He'll land his about that sas!' I says `There don't seem to be many about this part The trees are all too s-support for the windlass