FIJI-NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITION 295 
waves were many specimens of their Durvillaea antarctica. This 
alga gets to be nearly ten feet long and presents massive and 
leathery thalli to the pounding waves. Strangely enough it be- 
longs to the Fucoids rather than to the Laminaria group. The 
shore was strewn with the dried remains of Lessonia plants, many 
of them very large and strong. Mr. Oliver is at present engaged 
on some interesting ecological studies involving both animals and 
plants of the shore margin. His familiarity with both classes of 
organisms peculiarly fits him for this type of investigation. 
Through the invitation of Mr. MeDonald of the Wellington 
Museum I was privileged to enjoy a visit in his company to the 
home of Sir Pomare, a prominent New Zealand physician and 
citizen of Maori extraction who studied in America, completing 
his medical training at Chicago. While a student here he lectured 
extensively in Chautauqua cireuits over the interior of our coun- 
try. When he learned we were from the Hawkeye state he spoke 
of his Iowa associations and showed a surprisingly accurate mem- 
ory of many of the towns in which he had spoken as a young man. 
Dr. Wi Maui Pomare has been active as a Dominion Director 
of medical service with the Maori people of New Zealand, and be- 
eause of these public services and his activities during the war 
he was knighted. On this Sunday afternoon Lady Pomare, assist- 
ed by her daughter, was pouring tea for a number of their friends 
who had dropped in for a visit. They showed us many interesting 
Maori souvenirs and heirlooms so much in evidence about their 
home. Outwardly a fine modern house the interior is in part 
decorated with Maori designs of their own painting, and certain 
rooms are papered with tapa cloth given to Sir Pomare when on 
a visit in Fiji. Most interesting to me was the fine display of 
native weapons which had been inherited by Dr. Pomare from his 
chieftain forebears who had been members of the ruling group in 
these islands. When Mr. McDonald, a Scotchman, informed Dr. 
Pomare that I was also of Scotch descent, Sir Pomare, who is of 
course a Maori chieftain, immediately remarked that he too had 
Scotch blood in his veins. In explanation he said that according 
to a legend a century or so ago his immediate ancestors had been 
around the family board when a Scotch missionary was the central 
feature of the feast and so he said by inference he must have 
Seotch blood gained through that experience. 
I spent one day as the guest of Mr. Atkinson in the ‘“‘bush”’ 
opposite Wellington. I had wished to see something of these for- 
