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    This was a long and tedious job but I put it through to the complete satisfaction of every body; getting through on a Saturday and the Doctor getting back the following Monday.  Of course the generous temperate christian gentleman, was [[underline]] delighted [[/underline]]! The bills were all paid on my approval and he [[underline]] didn't [[/underline]] make his percentage on them.
    About this time I was promoted as Assistant Surgeon with rank of First Lieutenant. After this work was finished I put everything in order for sea and waited till the 10th of July as we did last year on which day we sailed direct for Plover Bay; the Colonel having started two weeks before on the Wright for Petropavlovsk to meet us at Plover Bay.
    The Badger was swapped off for the bark Onward; the bark Rutgers and the ship Nightingale were purchased.  The steamer Saginaw was ordered to report to us by the Naval Department.
    So much for what I have been doing now for what happened outside and at home so far as I can write it out for you. Particulars by word of mouth