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was taken up by an express, but we walked the short distance to 

 the Grand Hotel. Installed in a good front room on the first floor, 

 we first went out to arrange with that capital institution the New 

 Zealand Express whose good offices I had availed myself of on 

 several former visits, to take our trunks to Rotorua on the north 



I58. MOA SKELETONS IN CANTERBURY MUSEUM. 



island ; did a little shopping, examined the streets and got back 

 to lunch at one, after which we took a hansom to the museum 

 ( Fig. 160), where we found Professor W. B. Benham, the Curator, 

 who received us courteously and we spent most of the after- 

 noon examining the collections. Oue hall was devoted to the 

 Hockens collection of Maori carvings, clothes and implements. 

 Within the museum was also a good lot of books and engravings 

 given by the same benefactor. The collection of moa skeletons 



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