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Though at first apparently so well satisfied with this plan Col Bulkley [[strikethrough]]in further discuss [[/strikethrough]] did not seem to wish me to go ahead on it - He gave me no explanation but this I laid to his d--d [[for damned]] reticence - He got irritated several times in talking it over and [[strikethrough]]as[[/strikethrough]] several times complained to me [[strikethrough]](in subs[[/strikethrough]] (in substance) that I was too energetic - & worked and talked too fast. 
 
Finally I was driven to conclude that "none so hard to satisfy as those who desire to be displeased" - and here as before I discovered tha point of the cloven hoof appertaining to some of my jealous friends.

Finally he requested me to let matters rest a while in status quo. - I asked no questions and let matters "slide" for a couple of days - Took a good long sleep - looked into Frisco Zoölogy & called on some friends etc  I was

Transcription Notes:
- "talked too fast" was actually "talked to fast" in the original due to author error - "tha" was "the" in the original ----------------- corrected typos & clarified [[?]] - nwmath