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At sea July 28. 1866.

Dear Robert,

    Although I shall probably see you,and hope to deliver this in person, yet a few systematic notes will convey more than a great deal of talking and pave the way to a clearer understanding of the subject. This is my "Report".
    We left you at St. Michaels, sailed to Plover Bay, where we found the steamer; remained a few days, sailed and arrived safely at Petropavlovsk; where the steamer and Col. B. soon joined us, having visited Anadyr Gulf and River and left some additional supplies with Macrae's party who were well, but had a very deficient outfit, if [[underlined]] outfit [[/underlined]] it might be named. The Russians treated us with great kindness while we remained. We sailed three days after the steamer and arrived at San Francisco the afternoon of the same day, the 30th of November 1865.
    The collections were good though not extraordinary in number. They amounted to some ten thousand specimens of various kinds very few birds, and no eggs. and were mostly of my own personal collection. My Report to Col. Bulkley embodies the particulars.