Adelaide — Naples — Rome. 5 



Australia is well represented. It was a matter of deep regret that 

 weeks could not have been spent here in studying the contents of 

 this museum under the guidance of Dr. Stirling. The Botanical 

 Garden, although suffering from the prevailing drought, well repaid 

 a visit. There are not only in the houses many rare plants colledl- 

 ed by the late Dr. Schomburgh, but also a capital museum of botan- 

 ical producls. The present Director IVIr Maurice Holtze has every 

 thing in perfect order. The ' ' Claw vine ' ' ( Bignonia gj-acilis ) , which 

 covers the walls of the Bishop Museum, here bears fruit although it 

 has not fruited on the Hawaiian Islands. 



After a journey of some twelve hundred miles by rail from 

 Sydney to Adelaide, the S. S. 'Orotava' of the Orient Line was board- 

 ed in Largs Bay, February 19, 1896. Albany was the last port in 

 Australia and from that the course lay direct to Colombo which was 

 reached March 3rd. Here the museum is a large two-.storied build- 

 ing, surrounded b}' colonnades, near the cinnamon gardens, so enjoy- 

 ing plenty of light and space. The contents, although of great 

 interest, are almost entirely from other regions than the Pacific. 



Passing through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal the 'Oro- 

 tava" arrived at Naples March i8th, late in the afternoon. Here at- 

 tention was particularly directed to the famous Marine Zoological 

 Station established and conducted by Prof. Dr. Anton Dohrn. As 

 at some future time it may be possible for the Trustees of the Bishop 

 Museum to establish a similar institution, it was very desirable 

 to see this the first and greatest. Prof. Dr. Dohrn was nio.st oblig- 

 ing and exhibited and explained the establishment. Here was first 

 seen the admirable result of formaldehyde as a preservative for ac- 

 alephs, polyps, and similar animal strudlures: later its effects on hu- 

 man bodies were seen in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Hans Virchow 

 in Berlin. 



Rome was next visited. Here the greatly enlarged Museo 

 Kircheriano in the Collegio Romano has a verj- large collecflion of 

 ethnic articles brought together by Government exploring expedi- 

 tions (voyage of the 'Magenta' , etc. ) and by the Italian missionaries. 



