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the Bishop Museum, aud this morning met me at the station and 

 a short drive through the charming hedge-bordered roads brought 

 us to his quaint home the Kiln House, where I examined his 

 private colledtions and had the pleasure of meeting his family, 



5. PRIMITIVE ADZE FROM NEW GUINEA. 



including his son who is Ivieutenant-Governor of the Solomon Isl- 

 ands British Colony under Governor Woodford, and now at home 

 on leave. I was thus able to see the collections he brought home 

 and also settle some questions that had puzzled me about the 

 methods of the islanders. After a most agreeable day I returned 

 late to London with a memento of my visit in the form of a primi- 

 tive adze that I had long desired for this Museum (Fig. 5). Men 



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