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Maj. Kennicott with his party were left on the eve of departure for the Russian post of Nulata, on the great bend below the rapids on the Youkon River. It is very doubtful if the exigencies of the service have allowed them to do any Natural History work so far.
  Upon the completion of the voyage by our arrival at San Francisco some fifteen large boxes were forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution. They contained some ten thousand specimens of all descriptions many of them unique or nearly so, and of great value to naturalists.
  At my own expense with the permission of Col. Bulkley I made a visit to Monterey, Cal. for the purpose of collecting and succeeded beyond expectation, surpassing all previous collectors in the number and variety of specimens obtained  They have been forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution.
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