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The circumstances of Australian life makethis a common profession. 383: The hapuka, or groper, was in pretty regular supply. Brough Smyth, `Transactions of Philosophical Society,Victoria,' vol. ' Shoveller, n.

Name given to various species of the genus Typhlops,comprising small, non-venomous, smooth, round-bodied snakes,which burrow in warm sandy soil, and feed upon insects such asants. `Otago Witness,' Dec. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. Ross, `Van Diemen's Land Annual, p.