1894
Feb. 24     
St.Croix
      Most of the morning cloudy with occassional
                   short, brisk showers of fine rain and now and
                   then a burst of sunshine. Aftenoon clear. The
                   trade wind strong and steady all last night
                   and to-day.

                      When I came on deck this morning I had my first
                   view of St. Croix for it was dark when we cast
                   anchor here last evening. The island, as seen from
                   the roadstead, appears much less mountainous than
                   St. Thomas and it is very much greener. The belts 
                   of sugar cane about the town and around the bases
                   of the hills are yellowish or pea green, the trees
                   dark, rather somber green. The upper slopes of the
                   mountains are pale yellowish or reddish brown in places,
                   in others green.
                       The water about the ship is the purest and richest blue
                   that [?in] have thus far seen. It varies in shade under
                   different lights and at different depths. In shore it is
                   robin's egg blue.
                        Brown Pelicans are flying back and forth in small
                   flocks. I see no other birds from th eship.

                       We all went ashore directly after breakfast. I kept
                   with Prof. Riley and the Hubbards to-day. We first
                   visited the market place and then drove out into
                   the country for three or four miles over a hard,
                   clayey road the soil of which was of about the
                   same color as that in Massachusetts. Fields of
                   sugar cane bordered the road on both sides for
                   most of the way but there were many beautiful