FIJI-NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITION 223 
ly in writing farewell letters and bringing my journal up to date. 
It was Sunday and no business could be transacted. Thomas and 
Glock came to my room in the evening and told of their wonder- 
ful experiences during nearly a month of travel over the greater 
part of New Zealand, including adventures on the glaciers of the 
New Zealand Alps and a description of the almost unmatched 
scenery in that wonder-land through which, as geologists, they had 
traveled back and forth for many hundreds of miles. Dr. Thomas 
will tell about this in another chapter. 
On Monday August 14 I called at the Union Line Steamship 
office for mail but found none. We were told that it had probably 
been put on the Tahiti when she called at Wellington on her way 
to Australia and that were were likely to get it when we went 
aboard next day. We then went to the Museum and commenced 
packing our New Zealand collections, although the actual work 
was done largely by the museum men themselves, especially Mr. 
Hamilton, who had already been so efficient in aiding Dr. Stoner 
and others of our party. A fine lot of Maori things was laid out 
for us by Mr. McDonald. Several large pieces of elaborate earv- 
ing, a number of stone adzes, a dancing dress, Maori coat, a death- 
mask showing the elaborate face carvings; which I believe, were 
carried to a greater extreme by the Maoris than by any other 
people; a model of a very elaborate door-frame, fish-hooks, sea 
shells, ete. These all were carefully packed in a huge box, and 
the work so well done that nothing was broken when the collection 
reached home. 
I went with Mr. Hislop to say goodbye to the Governor Gen- 
eral’s Official Secretary, Mr. Day, who informed me that His Ex- 
cellency requested a personal interview. Lord Jellicoe was very 
kindly in his greeting and we sat down and chatted for several 
minutes. He talked chiefly about the United States for which he 
expressed a very cordial feeling. He seemed much surprised that 
we had no distinct labor party in Congress such as had caused 
considerable trouble in England, Australia, and New Zealand. 
It was hard to realize that this quiet, unassuming gentleman had 
been one of the world figures in the great war, and I could not 
help thinking how we all held our breath in fearful suspense 
while he and the other British heroes fought the momentous battle 
of Jutland, driving back the great German fleet to remain sealed 
up until it was delivered to the victorious allies at Scapa Flow. 
We also called on the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Downie 
