176 IOWA STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY 
taxis and quickly taken to our quarters at No. 4 Emily Place, 
which is near the wharves, railroad, the Auckland museum, and 
the main business thoroughfare, Queen Street. There we found 
ourselves conveniently situated but we suffered severely from the 
cold. The rooms were entirely unheated even in mid-winter and 
although we dressed in thick winter clothing we were never really 
comfortable in the evening until we were in bed. 
Of course this is the custom of the country and indeed of almost 
all British possessions as well as of England itself. Perhaps we 
suffered more on account of coming directly from Fiji where it 
is always warm. We managed to keep fairly comfortable while 
at work during the day and in bright weather the temperature 
was not uncomfortable outside. 
