52 IOWA STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY 
fully repacked and the contents of each box listed so that the 
various articles could easily be found during the remainder of our 
stay in Fiji, and later, in New Zealand. 
All of these boxes, tanks, etc. made quite an imposing array of 
impedimenta when the packing and marking was finished. We 
transferred a good deal of it to an empty but water-tight house 
near the landing so that time might be saved when the boat came 
to take us away. 
Thursday, June 22d, found our packing complete and all hands. 
ready to leave Makuluva, although it was about as near a natural- 
ist’s paradise as I ever expect to see. Nevertheless, in spite of its 
great interest, reef work is no light job and, if pursued energet- 
ically, it thoroughly tires one before the end of each day. Work 
in the hot sun is more than the average man can withstand for 
a period of two or three weeks without coming uncomfortably 
near the limit of his strength. We had been well fed, however, 
thanks to Mrs. Stoner and the cook, and that helped a lot. The 
powdered milk ealled ‘‘klim’’ that we brought from home was a 
great success, indeed, better than the milk that we had at the 
Grand Pacific Hotel at Suva, and there was enough of it to use 
freely. We managed not to depart materially from accustomed 
food habits and had little opportunity to experiment with strange 
tropical fruits. Most important of all, we avoided the strange and 
weird concoctions in the way of drinks that so often tempt the 
traveler to his injury. 
The Government launch, Andi Viti, which translated means 
‘*Wiji Queen,’’ sent by Secretary Fell with his usual forethought, 
made its appearance about 11:00 A.M., towing a capacious whale- 
boat in addition to the one we had left with Mr. Sadler in Nuku- 
lau; Sadler himself came to assist in embarkation. He advised 
us to load on the west instead of the north side of the island, and 
this proved an excellent idea as there was a good sandy beach and 
almost no surf at that time. It was a big task to earry all our 
things out to the whale boat, but we had several Fijians who came 
in the ‘‘ Andi Viti’’ in addition to our party and Mr. Sadler. Be- 
fore leaving we gave a crab net and collecting bucket to Alfred in 
addition to his wages. I also bestowed on him an old shirt, a pair of 
old trousers much frayed at the bottom and a pair of old shoes 
which seemed beyond mending. He seemed overjoyed and de- 
clared, in effect, that he was my servant forever. We had worked 
together and I imagine he had achieved some sort of affection for 
