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(at least four) have been brought to my attention as the actual 

 instruments of Cook's death. In the colledlion were some small 

 samples of interesting kapa, and two early printed schoolbooks of 

 the American Mission on Hawaii, bound in a rare leathery kapa, 

 the binding being much more interesting than the books. The 

 journal of Mr. Bloxam's father was by all odds the most valuable 

 part of the collection, and I had already by his kindness been en- 



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abled to copy much relating to the visit of the Blonde to these islands, 

 but I understood that he did not care to part with this at present. 

 I had hoped that it might repose in our library in the midst of the 

 group to which most of its contents relate. 



After luncheon Mr. Bloxam went with us in the tram some 

 distance, and then we three walked along the bank of the Avon, 

 passing through the yard of the Canterbury Boys School, which 

 has very attractive buildings, to the museum. The river was 

 bordered by willows which had recently been trimmed. All along 

 the houses were homelike, generally' of one story with gardens con- 

 taining araucarias, snowballs, rhododendrons, elders, laburnums 



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