We continue to enjoy fine weather. The turf is getting dry and cheap but potatoes are eight pence per stone. Mr Bogonier has not one single morcel of food.

No antihacking law was yet in place in the Philippines.

An alternate sanding method is wet sanding. It involves blending in the edges of the joint compound by stroking them with a wet sponge.

A friend of mine having occasion to show this section to a party of 4 bristlers, states that they withdrew a pace and seemed to be computing among themselves.