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Palomo's house, in which Don Pedro Duarte is now living, and had orig- 

 inally corae from Manila. 



Continued in the direction of the river. Came to ranch of Joaquin 

 Flores, where there was a small plantation of coffee and seven mango 

 trees. None of them had fruit but one, and it only had four mangos on 

 it. Joaquin Flores is the father of the man who married the sister of 

 Rufina Quitugua, from whom I bought my house. His son is dead. 

 The little boy whom the doctor cured of the fever is his grandson . 



Returned saw the novena in full sway, all the candles on the altar 

 blazing. Saw a ranch at some distance very near the river, belonging to 

 Nicolas de la Cruz. This looks like good soil. This locality called Utan, 

 south of Mongmong. Entered property of Juan Martinez, where I saw 

 the father of my mozo, Jose Mendiola, and his brother. The father is a 

 leper. His right hand is in a horrible condition, nearly all of the fingers 

 gone. The brother has his face nearly all eaten off ; yet he seems to 

 suffer no pain. They do little but feed the chickens on the ranch. On 

 the way up here one of the women we saw, from the same locality in 

 which the pretty little girl lives, had a face most horrible to behold, with- 

 out eyelids, and with only holes where the nose and mouth should be. 

 Poor things ! Without doubt the sins of their fathers are visited upon 

 them. 



Next to Juan Martinez on the south is the ranch of the alcalde, Juan 

 del Rosario. Here found jujube tree {Zizip/ms jiijiiba), called by the 

 natives "apple" {^manzana), but bearing a plum-like fruit, small and 

 yellow, containing a single stone. Sweetish and slightly astringent, with 

 a flavor somewhat like that of an apple. The branches of this tree are 

 drooping. They bear glossy alternate leaves with three longitudinal 

 ribs, their lower surface silky white. lycaves not symmetrical. Branches 

 with small thorns. I know of no other jujube trees on the island. 



Friday, January 19. — We have been having more trouble between the 

 enlisted men and the natives. The other night a native came to my house 

 with his entire family. He was in a sorry plight and seemed much terri- 

 fied. He said that a short time ago two marines had entered his house 

 in the middle of the night and had almost stepped upon the baby, which 

 was asleep on the floor near the door. He made a complaint and had 

 thereby incurred the ill-will of the enlisted men. The following evening 

 as he was returning home he was seized and thrown bodily into a bed of 

 lilies. He and his family were afraid to remain in the house and im- 

 plored my protection. I think that all the trouble has been caused by 

 the man's sister-in-law, who does not bear a good reputation. The man 

 himself is frequently absent from home foraging for chickens and other 

 provisions for the officers' mess. During his absence his wife and her 

 sister have been accustomed to receive visits from the marines. In con- 



