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things. Altogether the city did itself proud, and the new Governor could 

 not fail to be well pleased by the cordial reception given him. 



Mo7iday, July 30. — Busy packing and disposing of my property. The 

 transport which was to take Governor Leary to Manila did not stop at 

 this island. We saw her pass and were disappointed in not getting our 

 mail. My successor, Pressey, is getting along finely. He speaks Spanish 

 very well and has taken hold of things as though he meant business. Gov- 

 ernor Schroeder reappointed me to all the offices I held under Governor 

 Leary, but to-day I was regularly relieved by Pressey. Governor 

 Schroeder has decided to send us to Manila in the Yosemite. I had ex- 

 pected to go on the Solace, but her movements are now very uncertain on 

 account of the war in China. 



Susana is a jewel. We have stopped cooking and I shall be the guest 

 of friends until the ship sails. Mr. Seale, the naturalist from Honolulu, 

 has finished packing. He is well pleased with the results of his work. 

 I am sorry he was not able to visit the other islands of the Marianne 

 group. He has not secured an owl nor a megapod, both interesting 

 birds occurring on the northern islands, nor has he specimens of the pel- 

 agic fishes of this region. I have given him all my tanks of alcohol and 

 he has promised to send duplicates of all species to the National Museum 

 at Washington. I have given Governor Schroeder a number of standard 

 works for his library and some of my most beautiful plants, together 

 with some ornamental stands of Chinese faience for the palace. The 

 terrace of the palace is now bright with variegated crotons. Other use- 

 ful plants I have been distributing among the natives. 



Many friends have been volunteering to help me pack, and five have 

 offered me vehicles for transporting my effects to the place of embarking. 

 While we were packing yesterday some of my pigeons and chickens came 

 walking into the room. Susana exclaimed: "Ah, Senor, I forgot to 

 feed them. One of the pigeons flew onto the table. Its mate is down 

 in the bodega sitting. Susana exclaimed : " Sefior, hadn't I better kill 

 two of the pigeons so that you may make use of them before you go ? " 

 But I would not hear of such a thing and I presented her with them all. 

 Susana then exclaimed that no harm should come to them ; that she would 

 keep them until I returned and give them back to me, for she knew I 

 must come back some day. Then she said that when she should go to 

 church she would see the line of palms I had planted leading to the door 

 and she would tell the people that I had planted them. She went 

 into the side room and I heard the good soul crying. I went out and 

 opened the cage of the fruit doves, and off they flew to the woods. 



Ttiesday, July 31. — To-day I gave away most of my household fur- 

 niture, glasses, and dishes. My bicycle I gave to one of the sons of Don 

 Juan de Torres. I have also sold one of my hill-top ranches (behind 



