The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-14

'toddy.' This today 80 affected our men that
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came for us to 90 away.
The departure, which Ia described In detail,
was made In n fleet OF the open sailing canoes
Of tho Caroline Islanders who arrived on one. OF
their regular voyages. and. alter, n night ana a
liners offered their wives and property to the
gods In exchange for fine weather, they landed
snIiely on the island OF Rota. 100 miles from
Tlnian, bearing letters 20 the Governor from
Don Diego. Mr.. Miles gives this description of
Like Tinian, this island looked as a green
gem rising out Of the ocean. but Its coast was
not 70 bold, we. could see. iS beaches lined by
ptSRanmn T iTeGs "0f Being SIsHs now W u iSt mG tRe fSe'' of tRe
land, tho sea became quite smooth and we
reared. the settlement quickly. now saw
what appeared to be a white man dressed In a
blue uniform YER, much the worse for wear,
Don Joachim. a Lieutenant in the spanish
Army. Three other dark. half-caste men, armed
wit Rs m 1o5ss1 and l66k sSSy at 2 Ss S st22S % near b hI% q n SSd
an awkward position. Here were ive English
as we were the bearers Of our introduction.
Seeing we, were unnrmed and ragged the officer
pIng forwa nd amt ra a babel Sbbe SS Of talk Gin from S' the
canoemenl, handed out the Tinian letter. Don
J,onchim's face cleared and. shaking hands with
the mate and me. said in broken English. You
We were taken at once into the Governor's
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We speak the English very much The mate
g foSeEim. i W6o q al, iiiSye shy0t cSS S sSnSId san With IN o RoR
In the evening to Guam with a letter. where. he
said, there was a grand Governor and plenty OF
man than the. Tlnian Governor, but. could not
excel him in kindness, He told, us there were
several sew RAIL- prisoners is , on his Island. s9 DC Ell, who who
Queen Of Spain. They were well treated, but
fhn pnnnAu MARA GnN nnpn - ~ . chat xuaa nltrnua
tho custom. He said. after, we had our din
ner he would send Carlos Sthe English
i}t6s mate, would promise none Of us should
speak TO the prisoners II, we met them. Tho
promise was willingly given. We were very
after some hesitation Carlos. promised to show
Us the prison and. turning Into an avenue OF
when the canoes came. He hurried us quickly
away swSst t 6NiaTdo q a Glania ten # lir Indian bnsbs corn mb and
to our surprise and greatly to his. we came
right on a party OF, four Europeans. fine stall
S %SfE we're msn connected n@Sy{ hs tose s I W %c s saW at vt 6nes
they were some OF the prisoners. They looked
upon us In astonishment but at Q word from
Carlos. they turned sharp around and disap-
peared."
That evening the sailors set out for Guam
"1s We neared Guam, " Nr. Miles writes. we
f S1iISin ses ana q Ro cSapeSe town wRiI Si s6m large Sort f I
lions showed, that the island was defended.
Long rows Of houses aud pretty little villas, all
the sides of a hill and glisteninG white in the
sunshine. AS We drew In close to the shore we
drawn up in line, while a fery-iookifnIg cavalier
was riding up and down the line and occasion
ally rapping some, unfortunate fellow with the
we. were surrounded by. the soldiers and
n t@f55i9%slyT n frq maie b.n at b. yn the he ,o, mou,H nom
ltOta. which he did not omen. hut OrderAd ua to
fall in and we we're marched through the town
followed by a motley crowd OF sightseers. who
y took us for pirates. Being better informed
than the crowd we, put on our bravest looks
where we were taken into a long corridor and
halted while our cavalier went forward to the
After some delay we we're ushered into a
splendid reception room. after passing through
a gallery where some fnea;l9oking Spanish
end OF the room opened and a splen.
did-lookinG soldier entered with his suite and
sSs S;nr. G ladiesii H Hs,s wore ore. the The 9 %nr Q OF "a q
his hand he held the Governor Of Rota's letter
and. motioning, us to advance, he said in veFy
at Guam after our, great troubles and hoped
we had been kindly treated on our way.
, and e that oI we should be forwarded to Manila at
It is not my, Intention to. say much about
Guam. although II is q very interesting island
% Sdd Sss struck lsEt'1 me- / to Meaf bS9i' T mse fiTse W Sws s seehss
men dragging diseased limbs after them like
trunks OF trees. This is caused by bad water.
some say. The disease Is called elephantiasis.
from the size the m bs grow to. There is no
cure s,nfei f4 }o + t.s s9d some nee Of The worst cases were
MUCH pain with It. as the poor wretches seemed
quite cheerful. The second thing that attracted
my attention was the universal craze for cock
fighting. On Sunday. after dinner. l wandered
aboelt the town and met a great number of men
with. garnecocks under their arms. and all
making toward the principal church. In
itieS In. T Hi WAS Was sarro earSdHsddr By sPA' q
very large number OF men. women and chill
sIsnsl all seI in shs e6us sISsd a e sttlFo' wa At a nS given inl
Ike fury. while q babel Of voices were betting
succumbed others were put in. At intervals
between the lights the church bell would toll
and all fell on their knees and offered mp pray
short interval. / was told that the sport was
under the control Of the Church, and that the
priest, II he cared to use his privilege. had the
claim a certain share Of the victims; Scores Of
birds were killed amid applause and Misses. ac=
ff 6rdnd a to the Sn Sf9ar afSe OF the com tpa batantsi /
exhibited. wondering which was the worst
plague. elephantiasis or cockhghting."
Manila in a French ship which had happened
into port, Mr.. Miles's description OF Manila
differs little from the many recent ccounts
the earthquakes and the beaaty Of the women,
particularly the half %castes, He, observes that
It N,, II very r n strG9|R'El {hf i9r titled but Is Doubtless
Miles Is strongly Of the belief that this country
'ME54msrlcSs" doesn't Keep fu thocSs islands" he
who has been there. she win forfeit the beauty
epots OF the world and give up riches as yet UNI
discovered and unrealiZed."
SPANISH BELL CHANGED LOT.