and the exhibit of the old idols used by the natives was very interesting. I had a native woman to take care of Prescott she lived in the yard in a grass house. she was a Catholic and had taught Prescott to always cross his forehead before eating, they never cooked the fish always eating it raw.

We lived only a short distance from Mrs. P. C. Jones and she frequently took us for a drive.

We were often invited to Wikikee to a picnic, and would sit on the beach and watch the natives ride the surf boards. In October your father arrived from the Arctic, and after sending