November 22 Friday – In Auckland the Clemens family went to the Public Library with the librarian and town clerk. In the afternoon they took a drive with W. Douglas, President of the Journalists’ Institute, to “the grassy crater-summit of Mount Eden.” In the evening Sam gave his (No.2) “morals” lecture “At Home” to another 1,100 at Auckland City Hall. On this occasion he included the Australian poem but left out the “Golden Arm” tale. Reviews published Nov. 23: New Zealand Herald (also a humorous commentary); Auckland Star [Shillingsburg, “Down Under” 26].

Shillingsburg points out that the Auckland visit was more leisurely than many stops since they had not planned for a Saturday lecture. The family took several drives around the area. They had planned to go to the Hot Lakes but when they discovered that the train took ten and a half hours to go to Rotorua, they abandoned the idea [At Home, 158].