1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' p. 49 [Footnote]:
"In Melbourne there are posts sunk in the ground almost opposite every door. . . . Fastening your horse to one of these posts is called `hanging him up.'"
1885. H. Finch-Hatton, `Advance Australia,' p. 32:
"We got off, hung our horses up to a tree."
1890. E. W. Hornung, `Bride from the Bush,' p. 296:
"The mail-boy is waiting impatiently in the verandah, with his horse `hung up' to one of the posts."
<hw>Hapalote</hw>, <i>n.</i> Anglicized form of Hapalotis (Grk. <i>hapalos</i>, soft, and <i>'ous, 'owtis</i>) ear), a peculiar Australian genus of rodents of the mouse family. They are called <i>Jumping Mice</i>, and have soft ears, and enlarged hind limbs like the jerboa, but are not marsupial like the kangaroo. There are many species.
<hw>Hapu</hw>, <i>n.</i> Maori word for sub-tribe; sometimes even, family.
1857. C. Hursthouse, `New Zealand, the Britain of the South,' vol. i. p. 162:
"The 70,000 semi-civilised natives now in New Zealand are divided into some dozen chief tribes, and into numerous sub-tribes and `harpu.'"