Bay, on n«-«-<)iiiit ni iht- wiailni, .^w that m> «uik fm llu* lu^iuum wan 

 now practiiaily «Iom«m|. 



The total iitiinlH*r of M|M'<-iiii«Mi.H collccttil diiiiii); tlif HUiniiier wait 

 alxMit .1,<MM», ri|in»('iitiim l'*i <lin«Mfiit MpriifH. 



Tlu« wink of tin* loast MUivry |iaili«s liaviii;; \>e^'U roinpli-tcil. tlu^ 

 Uannln- rall«><l in at Vakiitat on Sc|it('iiil>n- .'(, anil tlio next <iay Hliirtc<I 

 on Ik r ri*turn U\ San r'tanciKco. On acrnnnt «>f a delay at Sitka an«l 

 continurtl unlavuraMu ucatlicr, tin* vcshcI did not n-jirli I'urt Town-cml 

 nnlil OrtolN'i- .'{, l.Sli'j. As tlu« time of tin* Hliip'M drpaitiire for San 

 Franrisni from tlii>< |mii t was iim-crtain, I h'ft tin* vcssrl lirrf and jjio 

 ri'ftlrd I'a.Ht. 



In rlnsin}^'. i \visli to arknowJiMl^'c my indrittcdncHH to Captain 

 llarlMM'and othrr niVn-crs of the HaMxlrr, and to Mfssrn. Mctiralli and 

 Tuinrr, of till' I'nit^'d States Coast and < itMMl««ti<! Survey, nil of \\ liuni 

 took a lively interest in my work and aided nn* in many ways. 



