yo Report of a lourney Aroiind the World. 



'' Biidapairaney'\ In the Solomon Islands case was a fine wooden 

 shield with decorations of pearl shell cut in squares and set as 

 mosaics, the best example of several seen in museums. Among 

 Tongan things were three good baskets, one very fine; many 

 good combs of high reticulate form. Much good kapa (from 

 Cook's colle(5lion?), some of it Hawaiian. A good Hervey Islands 

 lace mat. A Tahitian poi pounder with unusually high sides to 

 the top.' Rapanui had many figures of ordinary form and quality 

 and a small carved octopus ; bone tatu needles and a wooden penis 

 six inches long, carved with open meatus and double end. New 

 Zealand bark baskets, jade earrings, two splendid jade mere, 

 several tiki mounted on mirror, bailer with penis handle, carved 

 wooden coffin with bones only (no skull); carvings not noteworthy. 

 The cases in mid room had cupboards of oak with solid doors, the 

 upright portion of the cases had doors of metal frames, and in 

 front of these on the cupboard a table frame case of metal, very 

 good and effe(5live for exhibition. 



Vienna contains a large number of scientific and art societies, 

 some with museums; among these may be mentioned the Kaiserliche 

 Akademie der Wissenschaften; Altertumsverein Anthropologische 

 Gesellschaft; Geologische Gesellschaft ; K. K. Geographische 

 Gesellschaft (with more than 2000 members); Wiener Mineralo- 

 gische Gesellschaft; Verein fiir osterreichische Volkskunde, with 

 a museum of 30,000+ objects; K. K. Zoologisch - Botanische 

 Gesellschaft, with a library of 30,000+ and herbarium of 40,000 

 specimens; K. K. Menagerie at Schonbrunn, with a large collection; 

 K. K. Zentral-Anstalt fiir Meteorologie und Geodynamik, with seven 

 seismographs and 4500 observation stations (Melde-stationen); and 

 many other scientific institutions less closely connected with our 

 museum work. 



At Munich, July 6, 1912. As at Hamburg, there is here a 

 General Konservatorium der wissenschaftlichen Sammluugen des 

 Staates, and under this are ranged seventeen scientific societies 

 or museums, among them the Anthropologisch-prahistorische 

 Sammlung ; Botanischer Garten und Pflanzenphysiologische In- 

 stitut ; Botanische Museum, with some 280,000 specimens and 

 coUecftions of fruits and woods; Ethnographisches Museum; Geo- 



' A similar one from Cook's collection I found later at Wellington and 

 have shown to illustrate this. [218] 



