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great appreciation of the beauty or value of Natural History, [[underline]]per se[[/underline]]. He will be every thing to us, if [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[nothing happens X. u]] Capt. Scammon, is frankly in favor of doing everything he can to help Natural History in the abstract, and is particularly well disposed toward K. and myself personally The Captain wishes to make a name, which is our point of advantage. W. H. Hyde Esq. is fallen and now of no account. Dr. Henry M. Fisher, of New York, Surgeon of the Expedition is a low, cunning, grasping man of loose habits, whose weak point is his conceit. He always impresses his importance upon every one, and deigns to patronize Natural Science occasionally. He is a snag of which I wish we were well rid. The subordinate officers, are a set of the usual fast young men of no particular [[underlined]] forte [[/underlined]] some of whom may and have helped us, but most of whom find it fashionable and easy to deride Natural History, always beginning and ending with "[[underlined]]bugs[[/underlined]]" The subordinate marine officers are more with us than otherwise, following after the Captain. I have been transferred to this service and am now acting as Purser to this vessel. When we arrived in San Francisco, the first-two or three days all went well. But our coming had seriously interfered with the operations of an individual, who by vigorous toadying (Bulkley is not above such influences)