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in the best houses there is a lower story in each used as a store-room, or 

 ''bodega,'' and the connecting bridge is replaced by a solid terrace of 

 earth, faced with lateral walls of masonry. My house has a frontage of 

 46 feet 2 inches, and a depth of 25 feet. It has a large parlor or livnng- 

 room in the middle and a bed-room on each side of this. The masonry 

 walls of the bodega are built very thick in order to resist earthquakes. 

 The windows have no glass, but are closed by sliding wooden shutters. 

 An interesting feature of the house, and one which I have never seen else- 

 where than on this island, is a projection on each corner of the front, with 

 open-work sides for ventilation. In these are placed filters or earthen 

 jars of water which can drip to the ground below. They are also used 

 for keeping provisions of any kind which require to be kept cool, as the 

 wind can blow through them from any direction, north, east, south or 

 west. The floor is of polished ifil wood {A/zelia bijiiga). The roof of 

 the dwelling is of tiles. The kitchen is thatched with coconut leaves. 

 In the garden are growing tropical fruits of several kinds. On the east 

 side there is a well, and on the west there is a dome-shaped oven for 

 baking bread or bread-fruit. 



When I told the Governor that I intended to buy a house for myself 

 he said he had expected that I would live in the palace and become a 

 member of his mess. The only room available for me, however, would 

 have been in the rear of the palace, very small, and lighted only by a 

 transom over a door which opens onto the rear balcony. If I should live 

 in the palace I would not feel free to invite people to come and see me, 

 and I anticipate many pleasant musical evenings with Don Jose Herrero 

 and his sons and other friends among the islanders. And then it will be 

 a luxury to dig in my own ground and feel that I own my garden. I 

 shall establish a nursery and try to introduce such useful plants into the 

 island as I think adapted to the climate. I think it very strange that 

 among the many introduced species now growing here there are no 

 chirimoyas, alligator pears, mangosteens, durians, nor "Polynesian 

 chestnuts" (^Inocarpus edulis). 



A request having been made by a number of the principal citizens of 

 Guam that the Philippine ex-convicts living upon this island be sent back 

 to Manila, I made an investigation and found that, although many of 

 those whose names were upon the list furnished me were bad or worthless 

 men, yet some were thrifty, hard-working citizens, skilled cabinet-makers, 

 rice-planters, etc. I was told that there had been a disturbance between 

 some Chamorros and Filipinos on Easter Sunday, and it was feared 

 there would be an outbreak on the part of the Filipinos. The officer 

 in charge of the Nanshan, then at anchor here, who was the only naval 

 officer in the island, issued an order prohibiting people from being in the 



