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moa heads of different species, two complete (as I 

 believe) spurs of the wings such as the kiwi has, 

 and bones belonging to several genera of the 

 moa of which I have seen no description. I had 

 also a fossil bone believed to have been the bone 

 of a quadruped, and many bones of the moa 

 which had been gnawed by some large animal — 

 some of them had been even crunched, as you 

 could see the marks of the teeth of each jaw at 

 the point of separation where the bone had been 

 crunched off. I had also specimens of a new bird 

 allied to the kiwi, but much larger and differently 

 marked ; said now to be extinct. It inhabits the 

 Middle Island, and is what has been taken for the 

 moa there. I had also many specimens of the 

 kakapo, and I am almost afraid to say it, but 

 bones which we all regarded as the rudimentary 

 wings of the moa, to which the spurs corre- 

 sponded — these have all now vanished in the 

 flames, but I will in the course of this summer 

 endeavour to collect again as much as I can. . . .' 

 This year London was considerably disturbed 

 by the Chartist riots. ' The bigger Westminster 

 boys are made special constables, but R. came in 

 with the news that the mob had evaporated, and 

 that the petition was carried to the House in a 

 cab ! He went on to Sir Robert Peel's to inquire 

 after Lady Peel. The windows all closely shut 

 and barred. At Gwydyr House he could not 

 get in at first, but when in he found all the 



