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His duties were varied, and were always performed in the same thorough and conscientious manner, which brought success to all his undertakings. On the smaller steamer, before the Albatross was built, he was generally in charge of the dredging manipulations, and it was scarcely deemed auspicious to go to sea without him. After the completion of the new station at Woods Hall, he became its Superintendent, and so continued to the time of his death. He was thus brought again in intimate relations with the investigating party, but from that time on his attentions were mainly directed