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liked by the men of his company ; but unless a youngster is interested 

 in some such specialty as botany or zoology, or finds pleasure in asso- 

 ciating with the natives, or sets out to learn the vernacular, life on this 

 island must seem very uneventful and dreary. During Carmody's illness 

 Father Palomo has been very kind and attentive to him. This morning, 

 after helping to pack his trunks, I went on board the Relief with him. 

 We were overtaken by a shower when half way out to the ship and were 

 drenched to the skin. After seeing that he put on dry clothing I asked 

 the captain in charge of the ship to look out for his comfort and then went 

 on board the Yosetnite, where the Governor gave me a full outfit of under- 

 clothing and a suit of his white uniform to replace my own wet garments. 

 When I left the Relief Carmody seemed to be in fine spirits at the idea of 

 getting away from the island.* 



This day I bought the lot back of my own, which faces on the Calle 

 de Isabel la Catolica in the district of San Nicolas. Paid the money to 

 Dona Dolores Flores in the presence of my secretary Jose de Torres, 

 Don Felix Roberto, late Gobernadorcillo of Agaiia, and Don Lorenzo 

 Franquez, commanding officer of the Insular Artillery. The house on 

 the lot I have just bought is very old and dilapidated. I shall remove it 

 and extend my garden through to the next street. This will give me 

 a fine plot for my nursery and I can plant some more of the seeds given 

 me by Mr. Haughs of the Honolulu garden. 



Simday, October 22. — Took a walk along the beach to the eastward of 

 Agana with Don Gregorio Perez's son Manuel for a guide. My object 

 was to find a good place for bathing, so that I might put up a bath-house 

 and if possible buy a little spot on the edge of the beach for a seaside 

 ranch. Inside the reef the water is very shallow for a great distance from 

 the shore. Near the village of the Caroline Islanders the coral sand is 

 very smooth and almost as fine and white as flour. A little farther on we 

 reached the coconut plantation of Don Justo Dungca, the justice of the 

 peace, where we found several houses cleverly constructed of bamboo, 

 the work of one of the Filipino ex-convicts recently sent to Manila. 

 This man when not drinking was a fine workman, and Dungca seemed to 

 regret his loss. He says it is almost impossible to carry on work exten- 

 sively owing to lack of labor. Magnificent coconut grove ; trees thrifty 

 and laden with fruit ; many young trees recently planted. Don Justo is 

 one of the most thrifty citizens of the island ; he was the first man in 

 Guam to send copra to Manila. He had seen prices of copra quoted in 

 Manila papers, and realized that coconut planting would be profitable. 

 I asked Don Justo to sell me enough land for a small ranch. He said he 

 would be glad to let me put up a bath-house or summer-house on his 



* We were very much shocked on the arrival of our next mail to hear that poor Carmody had been 

 lost overboard when the ship on which he had taken passage was half way between Guam and the 

 Philippines. 



