FIJI-NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITION dol 
situations and so by paying a fee of $6.50 we secured a baggage 
eheck for the tuataras as ‘‘domestic pets.’? Probably this was 
this first time in history that these strange ‘‘living fossils’’ of 
the Antipodes were ever called by that name. ~ 
All of our business having been attended to, we took a ride 
in a ‘‘rubber-neck’’ auto to Golden Gate Park and around by 
the Presidio. Things have changed since I was there nearly 
twenty years ago and the region of the Cliff House looked a 
good deal like Coney Island. After a light supper at the Ferry 
building we took the boat to Oakland and our train. After ar- 
riving there I inspected the precious tuataras in the baggage 
ear and interviewed the baggage man who was to have them in 
charge, the interview including a very reasonable tip. He pro- 
mised to care for them and to bespeak the good offices of the 
man at Ogden who would see them still further on their way. 
And so we started on the last leg of our long journey in ex- 
cellent spirits and with no thought of future trouble; but the 
next day brought new anxieties regarding our fellow travelers, 
the tuataras. 
After a comfortable night’s rest and breakfast, I went a little 
before noon to inspect my pets in the baggage car, taking along 
some fresh beef procured from the dining car steward. Imagine 
my dismay when I found that the baggage car had been set out 
from the train somewhere back in the Nevada desert on account 
of a defect probably due to the activities of the shopmen, who 
were then conducting their famous strike of September 1922! 
No one could give me any information as to when that baggage 
car or its eontents would be sent on. I was told, however, that 
the baggage man I had interviewed at Oakland remained with 
his ear until it reached Ogden and so I had to content myself 
with trusting to him and to Providence to see the tuataras safe- 
ly through. I also wrote full instructions to the baggage master 
at Ogden, impressing him with the unique value of the specimens. 
We reached Omaha about 6 A.M. on September 7, where I 
left another letter with the baggage master about the tuataras 
and just caught our train for Iowa City. At Des Moines we 
stopped for about two hours and called on the Des Moines Regis- 
ter to report our safe return. It was certainly a ‘‘grand and 
glorious feeling’’ when we reached home and families that eve- 
ning and found all well. 
