8 Report of a Journey .-{round the World. 



were engaged, railway and steamer tickets secured as far as Aus- 

 tralia, with the exception of those in Russia and Java, and in no 

 case were we disappointed or delayed. I may add that every- 

 where we were received with cordial welcome and granted every 

 facility for our work ; and if we did not accomplish all that we 

 desired, it was due to the shortness of time allowed and the absence 

 of a few Curators on their summer vacations. 



TKTLITHON AT STOXEHEXGE. 



Our itinerary was generally as follows : Before finally leaving 

 London we enjoyed a side journey to Salisbury whence we visited 

 Stonehenge and were enabled to compare this megalith ic struc- 

 ture (Fig. 4) with the Tongau trilithon of our Pacific region. 

 We enjoyed, as every archaeologist must, this wonder of Salisbury 

 plain which is at present well cared for although private property. 



Sunday, May 12th, I left London early for Grey well, the resi- 

 dence of my old friend J. Edge- Partington whose well-known 

 "Album" has been of so much use to all museum curators and 



archaeologists generally. Mr. Partington has spent some time at 



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