FIJI-NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITION 33 
was also a bridal party, a live doll excellently gotten up, a Hindu 
woman, some Fijians, Chinese, Negroes, ete. The procession on 
deck was quite imposing and the dance which followed made a 
brilliant finale. One would not have supposed that the material 
for so many excellently devised costumes could be found on board 
ship. 
The next morning I received a long wireless from Secretary 
Fell saying that he could secure a good launch for our use at a 
rental of £3 per day, which seemed high to us and beyond our 
slender means. I answered to the effect that he make a tentative 
offer for a few days only. We hoped to negotiate some arrange- 
ment with the regular ‘‘around the island”’ boat to call at Maku- 
luva at stated intervals during our stay there, to deliver provi- 
sions and to leave or take on passengers as the members of our 
party shifted to go their various ways. We were all rather sad 
in anticipation of leaving the ‘‘Niagara’’ which had been our 
home for a very delightful passage of nearly three weeks, during 
which some friendships had been formed that we were loath to 
terminate. But such is life and we were after all glad at the 
prospect of getting to work and anticipated our stay in Fiji with 
lively pleasure. 
On June 3d we had the peculiar experience of retiring on Sat- 
urday night, getting up at the usual hour the next morning, and 
finding that it was Monday, instead of Sunday, as it would have 
been in the ordinary course of events. We had passed longitude 
180° during the night and thus dropped a day from our calendar. 
Monday, June 5th was an eventful day for us, marking as it did 
the end of our long voyage and our arrival at Suva, Fiji. We 
were up early in the morning and hurried through breakfast as 
we ran into the beautiful harbor. The high, irregular crests of 
the mountains were dark purple, their very tips gilded by the 
rising sun. We passed through the channel in the coral reefs 
that encircle the greater part of Vitilevu, the waters became 
quiet in the protected harbor, and the palm groves on the fore- 
shore were reflected in the sea. Suva came into view as we round- 
ed a point, nestled down at the foot of the hills and embowered 
in trees. 
Mr. Pilling, Assistant Colonial Secretary, came on board while 
we were at breakfast with a kindly note of welcome from Secre- 
tary Fell and instructions to see us through the Customs and to 
the Grand Pacific Hotel where we were to have temporary quar- 
