90 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



mountainous and used to control the water supply for irrigation 

 purposes. About 5,000 acres are now under cultivation, and 

 more being prepared. The plantation reaches for 15 miles 

 along the coast, and constitutes a little community by itself, 

 with a population of about 2,000 persons, having their own 

 stores, shops, scientists, chemists, surveyors, and engineers. 



Leaving Honolulu on April 12th, after an uneventful voy- 

 age, we arrived off Guam on April 20th. A launch from the 

 naval collier " Justine " came and took us ashore. We found 

 that Governor Schroeder had gone to Agana, but Mrs. Schroe- 

 der and her children and governess were camping on the beach 

 in a board house and tents. 



(Photograph No. 3.) 



She sent us in a carriage to the Presidio, where we visited 

 the Filipino prisoners. We saw and talked with Mabini, Pio 

 del Pilar, Ricarti, and others. We found them well taken care 

 of, and they said they had no complaint to make of their food, 

 accommodations, or treatment. We told Mabini that Aguinaldo 

 was captured. He said, " I am glad. Now we shall have 

 peace." As the news was whispered around it seemed to me 

 that the faces of the prisoners indicated satisfaction rather than 

 regret. 



Here, for the first time on our trip, we saw water buffalo, 

 carts with solid wooden wheels, houses with thatch of palm 

 leaves, and nipa, and all the peculiar characteristics of the 

 tropical life among the natives. 



(Photographs Nos. 4 and 5.) 



The island is about 29 miles long, and from 6 to 10 wide. 

 The population is about 9,000. It can be made viseful to us 

 as a coaling station and cable relay, but aside from that is of 

 comparatively little value. 



On Wednesday, May ist, we found ourselves in Bernadino 

 Straits, with the island of Luzon due north, and the splendid 

 ash cone of the Mayon volcano smoking away in plain sight. 

 Flying fish and porpoises abounded upon all sides, and the sail 

 through the inland waters was very interesting and attractive 

 after the monotony of our sea voyage. Early next morning, 

 upon going out upon the deck of the Buford, I saw the flash 

 lights of Corregidor right abreast of us as our ship was entering 

 Manila Bay. All large ships in Manila harbor anchor about 

 two miles from shore, and are loaded and discharged from 

 cascoes or large canal boats. 



