30 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 
by Gaudichaud in the Botany of the Freyeinet Expedition,” and the 
greater part of his observations are embodied in the narrative of the 
expedition published by Freycinet himself.” The zoology was pub- 
lished by Quoy and Gaimard. A narrative of the expedition was 
published independently by the artist Jaques Arago, which abounds 
In exaggerations, scandalous stories, and unkind criticisms and ridi- 
cule of the people whose hospitality he had enjoyed. Its publication 
naturally offended the Spaniards, and the next expedition from France 
to visit the island met with a very different reception at the hands of 
the governor.” While waiting for supplies from Manila a survey of 
the island was made by M. Duperrey under the direction of Freycinet. 
Existing maps were corrected and several charts of small harbors 
were drawn. 
DUMONT D’URVILLE’S TWO VISITS. 
Dumont @Urville made two visits to the island of Guam. On his 
first visit, in May, L828, he came in command of the Astrolabe, which 
had been sent out on an exploring voyage with special instructions to 
look for traces of La Pérouse. Attached to the utstro/abe were Lesson, 
as pharmacist and botanist, who assisted @’Urville in collecting plants, 
and Quoy and Gaimard, as zoologists, who were the first to collect 
specimens of the Guam reed-warbler, Acrocephalus luseinéa, the only 
true song bird of the island. A most interesting narrative of this 
expedition was written by Dumont d’Urville himself, and the zoology 
was published by Quoy and Gaimard.?@ 
The Astrolabe anchored at Umata and was boarded by José Flores, 
alcalde of the village. He told the captain that he had seen the ships 
of Malaspina, who visited Guam in 1792, thirty-six years before. In 
the roadstead d’Urville saw two ships which had been captured by the 
Spaniards from the independents of Mexico and were now being taken 
to Manila. Three years before this there had been a mutiny on board 
some Spanish vessels lying at anchor in the roadstead of Umata. The 
squadron was commanded by Don Andrés Garcia Camba, Caballero de 
Santiago, afterwards governor of the Philippines. General Camba 
had served in South America against the revolutionists and had been 
‘aptured at the battle of Ayacucho, December 9, 1824, in which the 
« Botanique du voyage autour du monde. See List of works. 
’¥Freycinet, Louis de: Voyage autour du monde. See List of works. 
¢Sanchez y Zayas, Islas Marianas, p. 230. See List of works. The author calls 
attention to the fact that Medinilla, the governor of Guam at the time of the Uranie’s 
visit, entertained the captain and all the French officers for eight months, giving 
them bed and board; but that his hospitality ‘‘was very poorly repaid, according to 
old French custom, as may be seen in the book written by Arago, draftsman of the 
expedition, a book which unfortunately has been translated into Spanish, although 
the narrative of the commanding officer has not been translated.’ 
4 Voyage de découvertes de ’ Astrolabe, 1833. 
