166 THE PLANT WORLD 



first vowel, and by reduplication we get the present indicative chumu- 

 chule, "lam carrying," which may be likened to our progressive form. 

 This peculiarity is found also in the Philippine Islands and in the Khmer 

 language of Cambodia, on the continent of Asia. 



It is with a feeling of deep gratitude that I acknowledge my indebted- 

 ness to Father Palomo for his many acts of kindness to me and his valu- 

 able assistance and advice since my arrival on this island. Father Palomo 

 at my request gave me a short sketch of his life. From it I take the 

 following extracts : 



" I was born on the 19th of October, 1836, and was baptized on the 

 23d following, with the names Jose Bernardo Palomo y Torres. I was 

 brought up almost like a cenobite in his cell, and had but little liberty 

 according to your American standard. You may say that I was enslaved, 

 but I bless that thrall and thank my dear parents for it. 



"Fray Pedro Leon del Carmen taught me some things ; and in 1858, 

 two years after my dear parents had been taken away by the smallpox, 

 I went to Manila. The following January I went to Cebu to see my 

 Bishop, and was ordained by him on the 11th of December of the same 

 year. Five days after my ordination he appointed me assistant to the 

 priest of Agaiia. I then returned to Manila, whence I sailed for Guam 

 in the following September." 



Father Palomo was appointed at various times cura of Saipan, the 

 islands of Tinian and of Rota, after which he resumed his post at Agaiia, 

 where he acted as assistant until, on the arrival of the Americans, Padre 

 Francisco Resano, the Augustinian Recollet friar acting as Provincial of 

 his order on the island, was compelled to surrender his charge, leaving 

 him the only priest on the island.* 



In speaking of his old teacher. Fray Pedro Leon del Carmen, Father 

 Palomo said : ' ' His example has always been an incentive to me to be a 

 good man and to treat young men with kindness." t 



The Governor recently issued the following general orders forbidding 

 religious instruction in the schools of the island, making it obligatory for 

 all children to attend school and for all natives to learn to sign their 

 names, and recommending all residents to learn to read, write, and speak 

 the English language : 



General Order \ 

 "No. 13. J 



" 1 . Every adult resident of this island must learn to write his or her 



* of the expulsion of the friars from Guam I have already spoken in the entry in my note-book of 

 the 6th of September, 1899, where Father Palomo's tribute to his good teacher will also be found. 



tThe accompanying portrait is taken from a photograph of Father Palomo by L. P. Pinkston, who 

 has since been appointed lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. The bright sunlight has g^ven 

 to Father Palomo's kindly face a scowling expression which is foreign to it. 



