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Went out in a surf-boat this morning. A wonderful experience. The waves were splendid and we came in for at least half a mile at express train speed. We did it five times and I wasn't at all frightened but wanted to keep on forever. You couldn't drown if you wanted to, with those Hawaiian boys around.

Jack tackled a surf-board afterward and I watched him. I think if he would diet for a while he could ride better—but he got along very well, considering.

This evening we went out to Punahou College grounds to see the night-blooming cereus. Two sides of a long block in one great hedge crowded with white blossoms each a foot long and a foot across and deliciously fragrant. I saw some of the same blossoms that had climbed high into the trees. The texture of the petals is like that of water lilies.