"embroidery & baskets to sell. The shops up town have only European goods for sale, I'm surprised to find that the Spanish language has already (for 8 years) fallen into disuse by the natives so that very few understand as much Spanish as they do English. In ten more years Spanish will doubtless be extinct. The natives talk among themselves their native language so that few of them use English constantly or speak it well. The town of Manila has a very rich & attractive appearance; is very sanitary; this an model Tropical city owing to the American rule x the improvements made by them. The whole water -