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"Rauwel." None of these trees have established themselves on the 

 island. Saw some magnificent bread-fruit trees and mangoes ; bread- 

 fruit still green ; mangoes not now in season. 



Entering Agana we passed under an arch of bamboo erected in 

 honor of the arrival of the first regularly appointed American governor 

 of Guam. Across the top were the words " WELL COME." Several 

 streets diverging from the entrance to the town, more or less in the 

 direction parallel to the beach and to the cliffs back of the town. Every- 

 thing clean and tidy ; best houses of masonry with tiled roofs, the 

 others of frame or bamboo thatched with cocoanut leaves or Nipa palm ; 

 all of them raised from the ground. Eeached the Plaza de Magallanes, 

 upon which face the " Palace," or Government House, and other public 

 buildings, including the "TribunaL" Behind the Palace rises the steep 

 escarpment of a plateau on the brink of which is an old fort and j)owder 

 magazine, now used as a signal station ; on the west side of the plaza 

 are the public treasury and the barracks of the native troops ; on the 

 east side the church ; the palace and government store house are on the 

 south side ; and the tribunal and several private dwellings on the north 

 side. 



Inspected palace and other government buildings ; raining ; tiled 

 roofs leaking in many places ; much of the wood work of " Ifil " (Afze- 

 lia hijuga), quite dark with conspicuous pores, like coarse mahogany 

 with a color of black walnut ; hard and heavy. Doors, floors, benches 

 and tables of this wood ; also pillars of church. In Samoa same species 

 used for making Ava-bowls. 



Chose for my quarters the rooms over the public treasury formerly 

 occupied by the late Administradoi' of the Spanish government. These 

 have a balcony on two sides, with sliding shutters and windows with 

 thin translucent bivalve shells for panes. Attractive garden adjacent, 

 overgrown and tangled vegetation ; small kiosk in which there is a bath 

 of cement and tiles. Cupboards made of wood of the fertile bread-fruit, 

 called " Dugdug " by the natives. 



Walked through the streets of Agana to the river, where there were 

 many women standing waist-deep in the water washing clothes. They 

 had shallow rectangular trays of wood, Avhich they rested on rocks, 

 using wild oranges (Gitnis vulgaris) for soap, and rubbing the garments 

 with corn cobs. Many of the younger women were handsome ; some 

 were washing their long, straight, black hair with bergamots (Citrus 

 aurantium var. hergamia), which has established itself in the island, and 

 is quite common in the woods. This produces a lather, like soap, and 

 makes the hair soft and fragrant. Crossed a stone bridge in the dis- 

 trict called San Antonio, and followed along the banks of the river to- 

 wards its mouth. Formerly the river proceeded directly to the sea from 



