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CHAPTER XIX. 
PORTUGUESE TIMOR VISIT TO 13 ILLY EARTHQUAKES DE- 
PARTURE OF GOMA FLOWERS KAMB1NG ISLE PALM 
BUNDAY AT DILLY “ WEAK BRANDY- AND- WATER.’* 
6 th March , 
We went down to Dilly this week to meet the 
mails, when I posted my last to you. We de- 
bated long ere I could decide to go; but the 
prospect of a day with our friends was so tempt- 
ing, that I risked the fatigue. On our former 
visit we arrived amongst them just as they 
were gathering for breakfast — hot, draggled, and 
dusty ; and we felt so uncomfortable beside them, 
so fresh and cool, that we resolved to have our 
man carry fresh garments for us next time, and 
to dress in the shade of the last cluster of trees. 
I mention such a very trivial matter as this to 
bring home to you the nature of the discomforts 
attendant on such a life as mine. Mdlle. Isabel 
tells me it was a girlish dream of hers to be 
