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25. has once been in a little better condition but as it has gone to decay has strikeout: been never been repaired. -- Even the roof of the Church which had fallen in, has never been put on again, and while I was here three years ago it was in the same condition as it is now. Mass is said in one end where a part of the roof is still standing. As the Vessel in which we were to sail for Guaymas, would not be ready for Sea for somedays, I accepted Hamilton's invitation to live on board his vessel in the bay in the meantime where it would be cooler than on shore and I would not be exposed to fevers, mosquitos and unclear besides every sort of Verminstrikeout: to found in such a coastal climate. -- On shore every body was sick or dying, and without equivocation or going beyond