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Stuart, but found him absent. On our way back to the Museum 
I had a good talk with Mr. Hislop who related some of his in- 
imitable stories showing a keen appreciation of the humorous 
aspects of life. 
This was the first rainy day we had experienced in Wellington. 
Stoner seemed slightly better, but quite weak and was not per- 
mitted to leave his room. Mr. Hamilton was so efficient in the 
packing that we could get along without Stoner who usually 
directed such work for the Expedition. Nine boxes of material 
were securely packed and plainly marked for their long home- 
ward journey. 
Mr. Best had very thoughtfully prepared a typewritten list of 
the things presented by the Dominion Museum with short descrip- 
tions of each article and this adds materially to the value of the 
donation. 
That evening all of us but Stoner went to a farewell affair 
given by our good friends of Wellington. It was held in the 
Museum library room. Minister Stuart was good enough to pre- 
side and it seemed to me a fine tribute for him in his crippled 
condition and constant pain to honor us with his presence. He 
made a short speech full of good feeling and good wishes for the 
little party of scientists, whose visit he had done so much toward 
making a success. There were moving pictures of glaciers, gey- 
sers and other New Zealand marvels, native dances, fire-making 
with fire-sticks, incantations, eel festival, mat-weaving ete., directed 
by Mr. McDonald who gave a much appreciated touch of realism 
by showing a motion picture of a Maori girl weaving a chaplet of 
rushes and then, explaining that the young woman desired to give 
the chaplet to the only woman member of our party from the 
United States, handed a chaplet, identical in appearance to that 
just shown on the screen, to Mrs. Stoner. 
A series of lantern slides were then shown, some by Mr. Me- 
Donald, animals and flowers by Mr. Oliver, and scenes from the 
Mawson Antarctic Expedition, of which he was a member, by Mr. 
Hamilton. An informal lunch served by the ladies was followed 
by farewell speeches. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. Mr. 
Thompson, and others, showed hearty good will and appreciation 
of the value of our mission to New Zealand. In response Wylie, 
Thomas and I tried to tell them how grateful we were and how 
helpful their innumerable kindnesses had been. We tried also to 
show we were deeply sensible of the unbounded friendliness which 
