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since leaving Boston. As the train for Brisbane town had just 

 departed, we engaged a capital automobile and drove rapidly to 

 the general postoffice in twenty-five minutes. Here we got a much 

 needed letter of credit as well as news from home. From this at 

 once to the museum now in the former exhibition building in the 

 park. Fig. 142 shows this large and conveniently situated build- 

 ing where we were soon introduced to the new Director, Dr. R. 



142. THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM, BRISBANE. 



Hamlyn-Harris, who speedily convinced us of the truth of the good 

 reports of his fitness for his post we had heard on the steamer from 

 persons who knew the unhappy reputation of this museum in the 

 p 1st. Dr. Hamlyn-Harris had also the advantage of a training in 

 the Australian Museum under that excellent teacher Robert 

 Etheridge, Jr. In a hasty inspection under his guidance I noted 

 his system, which seemed excellent ; his tablets tasty and diagrams 

 useful. Among the biological exhibits especially pleasing was an 

 Emu group with a brood ol the pretty striped young, and a painted 

 background with excellent ' 'grass trees" in the midst . Other bird 



groups were highly meritorious. The mineral collection was large 



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