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be obtained from the labels, the Halibut hook, Hazvana, of the 

 Haida Indian.s, a hook used by the Kamehamehas, is said to be 

 made of the wood of the Thuja gig antea, the line is of red cedar 

 bark and the whole is bound together by the split roots of the 

 spruce tree; all of this information on the neatly printed label. 

 In Prof. Henry F. Osborn's department the labels almost make the 

 dr}' bones of the fossils live again, for there is not merely the name, 

 locality and history of the specimen, but also a diagram of the 

 outer form once covering the skeleton, and perhaps a pi(5ture of the 

 nearest li^•ing relatives. Then the fossils are excavated from the 

 bedrock and brought into high relief seen nowhere else. The col- 

 le(5lion of fossils is, b}- the way, one of the most complete in the 

 world. The officers' rooms, workrooms and store rooms are capital. 



There were three Australian skeletons, two male and one 

 female. A fine skeleton of Dinornis maximus and seven other 

 moas. From New Zealand was a mere 19.3 inches long and 5^ 

 wide of light colored jade, and several Heitikis of which it was 

 noticed that the flounder-like head of one turned to the left while 

 four turned to the right. A model of a war canoe. Clubs from 

 Fiji, Samoa and elsewhere were still piled on the floor and could 

 not be examined, but the general conclusion was that the museum 

 was not strong in articles from the Pacific Region. 



In Boston the first collection visited was the Art Museum 

 where are deposited two Hawaiian feather cloaks. One was 

 brought to Boston by the Columbia* and is of red, ornamented with 

 yellow disks, and triangles on the borders. The measurements 

 given on the label card (which was in most other respecfts quite 

 wrong) were, 5 feet 6 inches long; 2 feet, 10 inches on neck line; 

 13 feet on the bottom line. The smaller cloak was of red ground 

 with yellow border and triangles, and with sedtions of long feathers 

 in spherical triangles in the midst of the cloak. It was 34^ inches 

 long, and 89^^ inches wide. These are deposited for exhibition 



*The ship Columbia, Capt. John Hendrick, sailed from Boston September 30, 1787, vis- 

 ited the Hawaiian Islands and returned to Boston August 10, 1790, having carried the United 

 States flag for the first time around the world. 



