Report oj a Journey around the world undertaken to 

 examine vaiious EthnoloQical Co//ee?io?is. 



In view of the fa(5t that many implements and objecfts of 

 ethnological Interest have been deposited in American and Euro- 

 pean museums by early colledtors or their heirs, — obje(5ts no longer 

 made or used by the natives of the islands of the Pacific Ocean 

 (the region recognized as the field of operations of this Museum), 

 — the Trustees of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum decided 

 to authorize the Direcftor to visit and examine the principal Ethno- 

 logical museums of the world, hoping that besides studying the rare 

 and now unattainable ethnological obje(5ts in those museums, he 

 might arrange exchanges of duplicates or publications, obtain pho- 

 tographs of interesting specimens, and learn what might be new or 

 of value in the arrangement or management of such institutions, 

 and in the preserv^ation of their contents. 



The Director left Honolulu January 28, 1896, on the Steamer 

 'Warrimoo' for Sydney, N.S.W. Touching at Suva, Fiji, for a few 

 hours, a glimpse was obtained of the very interesting Vitians, and 

 their fine forms, dignified bearing, and lack of idle curiosity were at 

 once noticeable. In the Government House was an ornamental 

 colledlion of implements, mostly warlike, and it was matter of deep 

 regret that the late Sir John Thurston, then Governor of the group, 

 was absent and so his great knowledge unavailable. There were 



O.P.— B.P.B.M. 



