54 THE PLANT WORLD 



Our fine Jersey bull is dead, also the pretty little cow that had the 

 calf on board the Brutus at Honolulu. They seemed unable to accom- 

 modate themselves to the green food growing here and began to fail after 

 the supply of baled hay and bran gave out. It is possible that they ate 

 plants which the native cattle have learned to avoid. There are several 

 good forage grasses growing on the island ; among them Capriola dac- 

 tylon ("Grama"); Panicuni distachynni, Eragrostis tetiella, and the 

 tender Stc7iotaphruni subulahim ( " Las-aga " ) . The fine tropical guinea 

 grass (^Pa7iicum viaxhnuni) and Para grass (^Panicum molle) have not yet 

 found their way here. Both should be introduced as well as the prolific 

 "Teosinte" {^Etichlaena luxurians). Some time ago the bull climbed 

 to the second story of the palace by the steps leading to the terrace in 

 the rear, and walked into my office. During the long passage of the 

 Brutus from San Francisco I had inspected his pen daily to see that he 

 received proper care, and I knew that he regarded me as a friend, but I 

 was not prepared for his visit to my ofiice. When he burst into my room 

 my clerk and I withdrew by the other door in as dignified a manner as 

 possible. The poor animal was evidently in trouble and had come to me 

 for relief. I often went to the pasture behind the palace to see that he 

 was properly cared for, and he must have seen me go up the terrace 

 steps. It was with no little difficulty that he could be persuaded to go 

 down again. I had been trying some divorce cases and my clerk sug- 

 gested that possibly the toro had come to consult me officially in conse- 

 quence of some family matter. Cattle here suffer greatly from ticks 

 (Acaridae), which have even been known to cause them to sicken and 

 die. The natives rub them down and curry them almost daily. In the 

 livers of many of the animals killed at the slaughter-house are found 

 parasitic fluke worms. The cattle and buffaloes of the island are prob- 

 ably immune from many of the diseases which are liable to attack those 

 recently introduced. 



Sutiday, December 10. — Trouble in the village of Agat. The Gober- 

 nadorcillo has arrested the Justice of the Peace and locked him up in the 

 calaboose. Investigation necessary. It is bad enough to preserve har- 

 mony between the natives and our enlisted men — it is more difficult to 

 regulate family quarrels. 



Thursday, December 14. — My birthday. The Major gave a dinner 

 party in my honor, inviting the Governor and several officers, as well as 

 Father Palomo. Father Palomo would eat but little, saying that he was 

 not accustomed to so late a dinner, and that my Thanksgiving party had 

 made him ill. The Governor sent over a damask table-cloth from the 

 palace, and brought me a fountain pen as a birthday present. Susaua 

 covered herself with glory. The Major had given her carte blanche to 

 buy everything she might need and insisted on bearing all the expense 



