Could go home

This proposition was duly presented to Dr. Hemming (the landlord) to be met. with the retort that if that was our plan we may as well go home now! This was gratitude.

In this one week of rest, no rain fell and many of the students tripped around the islands devouring the many sensations that New Zealand cannot offer. This was profitable.

The last days of the final week brought rain and the obligation to plant rice. This was duly carried out in the time that was left, resulting in about two acres of planted rice and four acres of naked dirt —not six acres of planted rice as the publicity hound Alister Taylor would have the masses believe.