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[[preprinted]] THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1864. [[/preprinted]]
Morning, went up to Cos. Find Alfter not there, start for Major Williamsons with K. Meet Alfter, go up and find the Major at home. Mr. Demeritt explains and shows us the method of cleaning the mercury and taking out the glass &c. &c. with regard to the barometers. Stay till 1. oclock. Then back to Cos. & down to Mr. Burlings with Capt Noyes. B. promises letters to Nicolajsk at the mouth of the Amoor R. ^[[insertion]] Saw Wendle at B'nk of Cala. [[/insertion]]
Got from Chappel the alcohol (5 gals.) Saw Mr. Hepburn at Cos. & Dr. Torrey, who is off for Sta. Barbara tomorrow. 
Evening. Go to see the Noyes' where we play cards &c till late

[[preprinted]] FRIDAY 16 [[/preprinted]]
Morning. oversleep myself. Go down to the Custom House, see Chappel, get $25.00 on a/c. Go up to opposition steamer office, Knot there. Pay Geiman, put in letters for tomorrows steamer. Up to Cosmopolitan K. not in down to op. office again not there. Make out a/c with him, get up plan for repairing trunk. Afternoon Get out an out fit for [[strikethrough]] repair in [[/strikethrough]] Ketchum and Pease to take up country. Charley misses his revolver. Probably stolen. Go out to Capt. Scammons to spend the evening. back late to the Cos. & have a spat with K. about the parsimony of the company.

[[preprinted]] SATURDAY 17 [[/strikethrough]]
Morning. Charley & Ketchum get their traps together and start off ten miles on the San Jose R.R. on a grand collecting hunt. Spend all the morning at the Cosmopolitan Hotel labelling, cataloging &c the specimens collected hereabouts, of which old Bischoff has got the largest number together. Go aboard the Shubrick and get the dredge on board the "Gate". Down to Dr Bush's and have a pleasant talk with Dick B. After dinner go up to Cos, and sit till eleven with poor Wright who is sick with remittent fever. Talk also with K.

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[[preprinted]] SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 1865. [[/preprinted]]
Morning to Starr Kings church, Mr. Stebbins preaching. text. Seek ye the kingdom of God and his rightousness! A dry sermon as most of Mr. S's seem to be. After church step into Cosmopolitan and see Kennicott, Chappel and Abasa, Cte, also Col. B. for a moment. See Wright and Arnold. Then to Am Ex. where I repair my trunk, then to Stearns at 515 Geary street to dinner, Evening walk down with him to the vicinity of a large fire on Market St & watch it some time. Then to Am. Ex. finish trunk and down to Cos. to sit up with Wright till a.m.

[[preprinted]] MONDAY 19 [[/preprinted]]
Passed a fair night. Wright - rather feverish but had some sleep. About seven go into K's room and back to Am. Exchange to breakfast. News that Field of the Frazer Ex funked, came back and is in town now. Go up to Brevoort House and back to Cos. Go down to Geol. Survey Rooms with K to see the Field. Thence to Custom House office & to Wm. Burlings. Afternoon Go down to Golden Gate & Wright, but miss Capt. Scammon. Donoghue is disgraced for tattling and drunkenness. Spend most of evening in Ks room. Charley and Ketchum bring back some good things from out of town.

[[preprinted]] TUESDAY 20 [[/preprinted]]
Wright-better. In K's room most of the morning morning, down to Cosmopolitan. Sort and label the specimens that Charley & Ketchum brought in from the country, which were very good things and a good many of them. In the afternoon label and catalogue all the collections on hand and not already numbered. Evening, go down with K and Count Abasá to M. Klinkofstroms, the Russian Consul, where I meet Madame K. her husband, two daughters and her grandchild. Miss Olga gave us some pleasant music