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Report of a Journey Around the World. 



and I had the pleasure of meeting A. P. Maudsley, Esq., the Presi- 

 dent, whose explorations in Guatemala are well known, and whose 

 footsteps I had the privilege of following when making my photo- 

 graphs of the ruins of Quirigua. At the meetiDg later we listened 



24. Fijian clt b given by sir everard im thtrx. 



25. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. 



to an interesting paper on Maori Skulls, by Dr. R. J. Gladstone, 

 M.D., with exhibits, and then the discussion turned upon Polyne- 

 sian origins, and the President called upon me, but I could only 

 show what I considered valid objections to all the best known 

 theories without offering any better theory of my own. Among 



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