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Church. This is indeed a comfort, especially for those they leave behind. 

 At the death of a little child the bells are rung as though for a wedding, 

 and frequently the most cheerful music is played on a violin or other 

 musical instrument as the procession leaves the church. 



On my wheel to Punta Piti, the landing place of the port. Road good 

 as far as the village of Asan ; beyond it had to dismount in places and 

 wade through mud ; breakfast at Don Jose Wilson's : eggs, coffee, and 

 tortilla ; island coffee excellent ; in canoe to ship ; water smooth ; fine 

 view of the living coral on the bottom and hosts of bright-colored fishes, 

 deep-blue starfishes, and creeping holothurians ; passed very close to 

 Apapa or Goat Island, and noticed the rich vegetation ; signal flags on 

 various points about the harbor, erected by the surveying party of the 

 Yoseniite. Arriving on board, found awaiting me an invitation from the 

 priest of Agat to attend a Jiesta of the patron saint of his village, Santa 

 Rosa de Lima, to be given the last day of the month. The natives have 

 been looking forward to this for some time. The Governor, however, 

 has issued the following order : ' ' Public celebrations of feast-days of the 

 patron saints of villages, etc., will not be permitted. The Church and 

 its members may celebrate their religious feast-days within the walls of 

 the church, chapel, or private residence in accordance with regulations 

 for the maintenance of public peace ; and unless otherwise ordered, the 

 only public holidays recognized will be Sundays, and the holidays 

 authorized by the United States Statute Laws, and by the proclamations 

 of His Excellency, the President of the United States." This order has 

 caused great disappointment among the natives, many of whom make 

 each feast-day an excuse for stopping all work, usually prolonging the 

 celebration two or three days. 



Sunday, August 27. — Called on Don Juan de Torres, Auditor of the 

 Treasury. He lives in a large house of masonry not far from the beach ; 

 met his wife Dona Juliana Perez. The rooms of Don Juan's house are 

 very large ; the floors of polished Afzelia wood ; some of the furniture is 

 of island manufacture and the rest brought from Manila by some former 

 governor ; a piano of good tone and in remarkably good tune (Don 

 Juan's brother is an accomplished musician) ; a good library, including the 

 various codes — criminal, commercial, and civil — of the Spanish colonies, 

 also works on natural history. In the grounds surrounding the house 

 many introduced trees, shrubs, and flowering plants, including the fra- 

 grant Lawsoyiia alba, called ' ' Cinamomo ' ' by the natives, and the climbing 

 Asclepiadaceous plant Pergularia odoratissima, called Mil-leguas " 

 (Thousand-leagues) from the great distance to which its spicy odor 

 reaches. Got cuttings of these plants for my garden. Among the flowers 

 growing in pots and boxes Dona Juliana had tuberoses, dahlias, and car- 

 nations. Jasmines and several ornamental Codiseums, Panax, Grapto- 



