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It was Lord Jellicoe himself who escorted me to a seat beside 
him and introduced me to the distinguished guests seated nearby, 
and then we chatted in a very friendly way about the United 
States. Among other things, he expressed great admiration, even 
affection for Admiral Sims, expressing the opinion that no better 
man could have been found to lead our navy ‘‘over there.’’ He 
was also much interested in our method of selecting the Rhodes 
Scholars for Oxford, saying that he was chairman of the com- 
mittee to select the scholars from New Zealand. It was evident 
that he wanted to show special courtesy to the representative of 
an American University. Taking me with him when we rejoined 
the ladies, he introduced me to several of them including ‘‘ Her 
Excellency,’’ as he ealled his wife, who chatted in a friendly way 
and showed me photographs of her children. We went to the 
billiard room where he showed me many hunting trophies, some 
very fine stags’ heads among them. The party broke up about 
eleven p. M. and I was returned to my hotel after one of the 
unique experiences which sometimes come to an American pro- 
fessor in foreign lands, and much gratified that I had been made 
the vehicle through which was expressed the great desire of the 
Dominion Government to cultivate good feeling between New 
Zealand and the United States. 
The next morning Mr. McDonald took me to the library, an 
excellent one under the direction of Mr. Anderson who was well 
up on the literature of early days in New Zealand and the folk- 
lore of the Maori. There were many valuable books concerning 
the early voyages to the South Seas, including those of Captain 
Cook, and a copy of part of his original log. There was also a 
very beautiful collection of greenstone, or jade, articles. We 
visited the manual training school where there is a group of quite 
good buildings but with rather inadequate equipment. I noted 
that most of the blackboard space was taken up with very good 
pictures in erayon. 
Much of the afternoon was spent in packing up for the visit to 
Christchurch which will be discussed in another chapter. 
Returning to Wellington on the morning of August 10 I found 
that good staterooms had been reserved for our return trip to 
San Francisco on the S. S. Tahiti at a minimum rate on orders 
from headquarters. I also found that Stoner was not at all well 
and in charge of a doctor. 
While calling on Mr. McDonald, I learned that he had ar- 
