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in a very crowded condition. The Maori collection was very good 
and I saw many elaborately carved stern-posts for canoes, the 
spiral design predominating as usual, nets, fish-traps, model canoes, 
dipnets, carved bailers, ete. There was a very interesting model 
of a Maori village ‘‘Pa’’ or fortification enclosed in an elaborate 
series of stockades and trenches. Inside were a number of typical 
houses and some storehouses built in the tops of trees. 
Considerable aboriginal clothing was exhibited, including feather 
capes and cloaks, some made of kiwi feathers and others of dog- 
skins. There were a number of garments made of the New Zea- 
land hemp. A very fine entrance to a Pa was made of two great 
slabs resembling totem poles with another very wide and heavy 
slab constituting the door proper, all elaborately carved with 
grotesque figures and stained a deep red. 
I called at the Consulate to get pointers regarding the Governor 
General’s dinner and the proper etiquette to be observed and was 
informed that it would be much like formal dinners the world 
over, that Lord Jellicoe was quite democratic and much liked by 
the people here. The Vice Consul again assured me that the visit 
of our party was fortunate inasmuch as it proved that Americans 
were not all money grabbers, which was too often the impression 
given by those who visited New Zealand. Mr. Hislop was also 
good enough to say that the talk at the Savage Club had made a 
favorable impression. 
I went again to the museum and was shown around the zodlogi- 
eal section by Mr. Oliver. The exhibit is impaired by poor light- 
ing and is too much crowded. There is a complete skeleton of a 
moa, all of the bones being from the same individual bird. The 
outstanding feature of the collection is a series of whales’ skele- 
tons and skulls including some types which I had not seen before. 
Mr. Oliver has written several valuable papers on these New 
Zealand Cetacea. There is also a good series of the invertebrates 
of the country. Mr. Oliver said that he had arranged for the 
storage of our boxes in his office where we could keep such of 
them as we wanted to get at, while the others could remain at the 
express office until we were ready to ship them home. 
At the museum I was so fortunate as to make the acquaintance 
of Mr. Elsdon Best, an outstanding authority on all matters re- 
lating to the Maoris or native New Zealanders. He said that the 
best popular account of the famous canoe voyage was in ‘‘ Hawaiki, 
the Original Home of the Maori,’’ by S. Perey Smith. Maori is 
