8 Report of a Journey Around the World. 



were engaged, railway and steamer tickets secured as far as Aus- 

 tralia, with the exception of those in Russia and Java, and in no 

 case were we disappointed or delayed. I may add that every- 

 where we were received with cordial welcome and granted every 

 facility for our work ; and if we did not accomplish all that we 

 desired, it was due to the shortness of time allowed and the absence 

 of a few Curators on their summer vacations. 



4. TRTLITHON AT STOXEHENGE. 



Our itinerary was generally as follows : Before finally leaving 

 London we enjoyed a side journey to Salisbury whence we visited 

 Stonehenge and were enabled to compare this megalithic struc- 

 ture (Fig. 4) with the Tongan trilithou of our Pacific region. 

 We enjoyed, as ever}- archaeologist must, this wonder of Salisbury 

 plain which is at present well cared for although private property. 



Sunday, May 12th, I left London early for Grey well, the resi- 

 dence of my old friend J. Edge-Partington whose well-known 

 "Album" has been of so much use to all museum curators and 

 archaeologists generally. Mr. Partington has spent some time at 



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