Collins, `Account of English Colony in New SouthWales,' p. Name applied to the burrowingCray-fish of Tasmania and Victoria, Engaeus fossor,Erich. --Line 336.
220: I have sent you some of the sweet tea of this country, whichI recommend, and is generally used by the marines and convicts. er,Schnapper and Sergeant Baker (fishes);Umbrella-grass and Spaniard (native plants), andso on. Not the true Cat's-eye,but the name given in Australia to the opercula of Turbosmaragdus, Martyn, a marine mollusc. It was a rum go, wasn't it? The same talk for cowsand Christians.
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