153: Amongst these soldiers there was not one tohunga--not a man atall experienced in omens--or they must have had some warningthat danger and defeat were near. It is called `Weta,' and is of tawny scorpion-like colour,with long antenna and great eyes, and nasty squashy-lookingbody, with (I think) six legs. ), from Grk. In Australia,the word lead is only used in reference to alluvialmining, and signifies the old river-bed in which gold is found.
268 [Footnote]: Bell-topper was the derisive name given by diggers to oldstyle hat, supposed to indicate the dandy swell. See also Diamond-bird. The projectingknee-pads, especially, save the rider from fractured knee-capswhen galloping among closely timbered scrub. See also Bald-Coot.
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