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Report of a Journey Around the World. 



tions is often puzzling, for in the Kensington art collections one 

 might look for much of the carved and inlaid work of the empire. 

 But our time was too short and our examination too cursory to 

 criticise what will become a grand exposition as time and means 

 are provided for the more complete differentiation and organiza- 

 tion of the now separated collections. It must be admitted that 

 for a stranger the distribution of exhibits is very confusing, and a 



20. ENTRANCE HALE OF KENSINGTON MUSEUM. 



government commission to sort out the material that can best be 

 cared for and used for instruction in each of the great museums 

 would seem a step in advance. I remember seeing on a former 

 visit several fine Maori war canoe prows under a bench in the 

 Science and Art Museum which, it seemed to me, would be more 

 at home with the ethnographic collections of the British Museum. 

 And there were many other instances needless to recount. 



A morning was spent most profitably at the Royal College of 

 Surgeons with Dr. William Pearson, the courteous Curator, who 

 showed and clearly explained the many admirable preparations, 

 mostly his own work. Especially interesting was the osteological 



department (Fig. 25) where are preserved many crania and not 



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