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down in Grif 's book here." He did so ; but in my Browning 

 and not in the diary (as I say above). 



This copy of Browning was left on Cape Roberts with all 

 other non-essentials on February 5. It remained there until 

 picked up by Priestley, six months after I had reached Aus- 

 tralia. It was restored to me in Priestley's home at Tewkes- 

 bury in 19 1 3, nearly two years after Gran's inscription. I 

 looked through it and came on Gran's note, which I here 

 reproduce. This is one of the most extraordinary coinci- 

 dences I know of, and owing to Gran's isolation from all 

 outside information is perhaps unique. 



I am personally of opinion that coincidence and not tele- 

 pathy is involved ; though it is a fact that Gran never made 

 any other attempt to get an undoubted record of a dream, and 

 he certainly believed this to be something supernatural at 

 the time ! 



During Monday we idled off Akaroa. Some fish were 

 caught, Day hauling in a huge barracouta and Evans a rock 

 cod, which he caught as he was sitting in a deck chair, and so 

 celebrated his first day out of the cabin. They tasted good 

 at lunch ! We trimmed eight tons of coal during the day, 

 so that only five were left ! Then I had a huge bath, borrowed 

 a shirt, and got into clean clothes ready for civilization ! 



On Tuesday I packed all my gear, which was lucky, for 

 I only had half an hour to catch the Sydney boat finally. On 

 Wednesday morning we entered Lyttelton Harbour early in 

 the morning. A tug came to meet us, carrying Mrs. Wilson 

 and Mrs. Evans. Pennell asked me to steer the ship into 

 harbour— why, I know not ; unless he thought I looked too 

 respectable and might look more natural after a trick at the 

 wheel. However, one of the seamen did all the heavy brain 

 work, and I merely assisted at the tricky corners ! 



Simpson, Meares, and I hurried for the first train to 

 Lyttelton. Simpson was not specially noticeable except for 

 his ski-boots, I had on his shirt and Evans' cap. Meares was 

 clothed in a suit lent by Jim Dennistoun, who said it was an 

 old one of his father's. I think Meares' departure was hastened 

 by the advance of Mr. Dennistoun senior to greet his son ! 



I spent only one day in Christchurch, for finding that a 

 ship left for Sydney that evening, I transhipped all my gear to 

 the mailboat and was back in Australia on the 7th April, 191 2. 



