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St. Croix. 
1894 
February 24 Most of the morning cloudy, with occasional short, 
brisk showers of fine rain and now and then a burst of sun¬ 
shine. Afternoon 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 
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 sombre 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 we 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 the ship. 
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 
