EDUCATOR 119 



May all the joys of Christmas and the brightness of the 

 New Year descend upon you in a four-fold measure, and 

 what an aureole will be yours ! 



With love to Mrs. Mase, 



Ever thy Dad. 



After completing his annual report to the legislature, he 

 started January 16, 1903, for Nassau. He saw many things 

 that interested him and as usual the vegetation attracted 

 his attention. January 27 he writes : — 



"This is a wonderful little island. The temperature has 

 not fallen below 70 and it has twice gone up to 79. It has 

 showered every day but one, and what with the warm 

 debilitating atmosphere, filled with moisture, one does not 

 care to move much. But sitting on the piazza, looking off 

 upon the water, there is a most delicious breeze and it is 

 hard to realize that at home you are all shivering over 10 to 

 20 temperature. The two most delightful things here are 

 the fruits, — grape-fruit, three kinds, shaddocks, paw- 

 paws, . . . bananas, and cocoa trees, — and the bathing. 

 The latter is simply delicious. I go in every day and come 

 out feeling like the morning star. It (the water) is so pure 

 and fresh and green that you can look down a good many 

 feet. They have one or two boats constructed with a glass 

 bottom, and as you are towed along by a small tug you can 

 watch the coral, the sponge and the star-fish on the bot- 

 tom. I have not yet tried it but they say it is most beauti- 

 ful in effect. 



"The star excursion is a kind of combination one. You 

 are rowed a mile across to Hog's Island, furnished with 

 bathing suit, and take a swim, eat all the fruit you care to, 



