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skeletons (Fig. 158) was the best in the world, and indeed the muse- 

 um owes much of its value to the quantity of bones of these extinct 

 monsters which the museum was able to exchange all over the 

 world. I was surprised not to see any attempt to restore the moa, 

 as there are now so many specimens of skin and feathers at hand 

 in the New Zealand museums. The collection of casts of antique 

 statues (this museum is a general one, but I was not able to go 



157. MAORI HALL IN CANTERBURY MUSEUM. 



beyond the Pacific region on this visit, with this exception) was 

 good and contained most of the gems. Good labels on the objects, 

 which were printed in the museum. The library contained many 

 books of which we ought to have copies. Hoping to see more on 

 our return we telephoned for a taxi and rode rapidly into town to 

 take the 4 p.m. train to the port. As we passed out into the ocean 

 there was some motion which soon subsided as we got on our course, 

 and as the wind abated it was very pleasant on deck. Early Satur- 

 day morning we were in the inlet that leads to the city of Dunedin 

 and after breakfast were at the wharf where we took our last view 

 of the good steamer Maunganui. The weather was cold and the 

 sky overcast, but certainly the town looked well as we approached. 

 The houses were low, painted white, and very neat. Our luggage 



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