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Received a visit from Ensigns Miller and Kempff and Dr. Moore of 

 the Albatross and Mr. A. B. Alexander, Fishery Expert. I am sorry to 

 hear that Mr. Charles H. Townsend is no longer with the expedition. 

 He collected birds at the various points visited by the Albatross. Mr. 

 Kempff and Dr. Moore assisted in collecting land-shells and other inverte- 

 brates, and Mr. Alexander made a special study of the canoes and 

 methods of fishing employed by the Pacific islanders. The results of Mr. 

 Alexander's observations will be published by the Fish Commission.* 



I was reminded by Susana to-night that this was Washington's birth- 

 day. She said that Father Palomo had preached a sermon after mass this 

 morning, telling of the noble patriot and good man Don Jorge Washing- 

 ton, who did so much for the Americanos. I understand now why 

 Father Palomo asked me the other day to lend him some book telling of 

 Washington's career and the services he had rendered his country. It 

 looks as though these good people are going to be patriotic Americans. 

 They celebrated last Thanksgiving day with great enthusiasm, marching 

 in processions with flags flying; and they already look forward to the 

 Fourth of July. Mrs. Rumberg, the wife of an American settler on this 

 island, whom we recently appointed school teacher, has already taught the 

 children the "Star-spangled Banner." They sing it with great vigor, 

 but I fear they have only a vague idea of the meaning of the words. 



Friday, February 23. — I have spent nearly the entire day with Mr. 

 Alfred Goldsborough Mayer, one of the scientific staff of the Agassiz 

 expedition. This morning we went to the top of the hill behind Agana, 

 from which we had a delightful view of Agana with its thatched and tile- 

 roofed houses, the fringe of coconuts along the beach and the milky 

 white streak marking the barrier reef, with the opening into the little 

 harbor opposite this town. To the northward we could see the elevated 

 mesa, almost a plane surface inclined a little from east toward the west 

 coast, with the heights of Santa Rosa and Mataguak in the extreme north 

 and the swelling lower elevation of Tiyan ( ' ' the Belly ' ' ) almost in line 

 with them, but much nearer, densely covered with forest growth. Along 

 the coast we could see the point of Amantes, not so high as I had thought, 

 and, showing faintly a little outside of it, the point of Nigo near the ex- 

 treme northern end of the island. (See Plate XIV.) 



We then took the road leading across the island toward Pago, and 

 turning to the right, after following it a short distance, we visited the 

 locality called Fonte, and proceeded to climb Makahna (the " Bewitched 

 Mountain"). As we began to ascend its slope Dr. Mayer called my 

 attention to the fact that the coralliferous limestone was tilted instead of 

 lying in a horizontal bed as it does on the mesa. After a while we came 



*See Alexander, A. B., '• Notes on the Boats, Apparatus, and Fishing Methods Employed by the 

 Natives of the South Sea Islands." U. S. Fish Commission Report for 1901, pp. 741-829. 



