FIJI-NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITION 39 
Indian cook named Kalidin who agreed to serve at 25 s. per week, 
and board. A Fijian boatman, named Alfred, was secured for 
the reef work and his fourteen year old boy went along as inter- 
preter between the Americans and the Fiji man on the one hand, 
and the Indian cook on the other. He was also to act as cook’s 
assistant, chamber maid and general utility boy. 
The next day, June 7th, was a busy one for all hands. Through 
a misunderstanding the motor lorry which was to take our bag- 
gage from the hotel to the wharf did not appear. Mrs. Stoner 
and Glock attended to the purchase of provisions for the first 
week, Stoner and Wylie saw to the transfer of our equipment 
from the customs house on the wharf to Smoothy’s launch at an- 
other dock, while I settled the bills at the hotel and waited near 
the telephone to correlate matters when there seemed to be a hitch. 
When the lorry failed to appear, I procured a taxi and took our 
effects to the dock. 
It was about one o’clock in the afternoon when we arrived. 
Mrs. Stoner stayed behind, but Dr. Stoner and Professor Wylie 
were to return in the evening after assisting with the landing and 
housing of our equipment at Makuluva. We called at Nukulau 
on the way and saw Mr. Sadler who gave us the keys to the build- 
ings we were to occupy, the bed linen, and silverware for the 
dining-room table. Landing at Makuluva was difficult as the surf 
was high and Mr. Smoothy insisted on transferring the party and 
all of the luggage and equipment in one boatload. As a result 
we shipped a sea or two; the whale boat had a foot or more of 
water in the bottom and the boxes containing the microscopes and 
micro-photographic camera were considerably damaged. 
It was hard work for all hands carrying the heavy boxes ashore 
through the water and over the slippery rocks. Wylie and Stoner, 
who were going back to Suva, wanted to get some of their equip- 
ment from the boxes to take back with them. It was getting late 
in the day and Smoothy was anxious to return with his launch 
before dark. The lock on a box containing the tools for opening 
the other cases would not work and had to be forced open. All 
this contributed to a scene of disorder and confusion on the 
beach. Most of us had had no lunch and were in rather bad 
humor, but finally the two men who were to return to Suva 
located most of the things they needed and left Thomas, Glock 
and me with the servants, to face the approaching night and stow 
away the numerous items of equipment scattered along the beach. 
