A£\ lobsters. While at Guam, Capt Hutchins & I visited Mabini — 

 Aguinaldo's secretary of war. He is kept on the island because 

 he refuses to take the oath of allegiance to the U S. He is para- 

 lyzed from the waist down and appears quite emaciated. I 

 don't believe he will live long. He has good quarters with Gen 

 Recarte, one of Aguinaldo's generals who also refuses to take 

 the oath of allegiance. We had to wait until he was through 

 his "siesta" — so the officers evidently treat him well. 



I have never felt better in my life and am only anxious to 

 reach Manila and get to work. . . . The Pacific Ocean is cer- 

 tainly a great desert — we didn't see a sign of life, barring a few 

 birds & flying fish, between the Golden Gate and Guam — a 

 distance of over 5000 miles, a three weeks' trip. 



Manila, January 27, 1903 



Arrived O K and am putting up at the Oriente until further 

 orders. 



Thus the trip over for the two men had proved uneventful 

 except for a discussion. The rules of their competitive exami- 

 nation had declared the high man the pathologist, and the next 

 high, the bacteriologist to the Islands. Woolley pointed out to 

 Wherry that his larger interest lay in parasitology. What more 

 natural than that Wherry should, in the face of such argu- 

 ment, trade his primary title to Woolley, for the latter's 

 secondary! 



On the day after landing, really to make instant return of 

 some money he had borrowed for the extra costs of his passage, 

 he penned me a brief note; whereafter "she" became the 

 recipient of most of his letters. One dated February 2, 1903, 

 said: 



Well, here we are located in Manila, a very interesting and 

 expensive place. We have a nice corner room completely open 

 on two sides in a large Spanish-style house with four blue 

 columns in front and a tropical garden behind. Our windows 

 overlook the garden. The house is in a section of the new city, 

 San Sebastian, north of the Pasig river which separates the old 

 walled town from the new. Our number is 183 Calle San 

 Sebastian. We consider ourselves remarkably lucky . . . The 

 laboratory is within easy walking distance which is a point of 

 vital importance, for transportation facilities could not be 



