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My paints and canvas have been left on the desert, 

 my few specimens lost or thrown away; and lack 

 of time, and the weakness produced by my two 

 illnesses at Monterey and Parras, and the monoto- 

 nous food, have robbed me of all enthusiasm; often 

 I had to force myself to swallow the little I did, 

 knowing I must if I was to get through at all. 



Van Horn and Dr. Perry will remain in San 

 Francisco and the men who go up to the mines with 

 me, are Havens, Layton, Hewes, Bloomfield, 

 McGown, Lee, Watkinson, Jno. R. Lambert, Jos. 

 Lambert, J. S. Lambert, Hutchinson, Damon, Jno. 

 Stevens, Cree, Van Buren, Ayres, Hinckley, Jno. 

 Stevenson, Black, Liscomb, Elmslie, E. A. Lam- 

 bert, Dr. Trask, Steele, Weed, Henry Mallory, 

 Mitchell, Walsh, Valentine, Simson, McCusker, 

 Tone, Hudson, Pennypacker, Clement, Boggs, 

 Lieut. Browning, with myself, thirty-eight in 

 number. 



December 2Qth. We left San Francisco in the 

 same steamer we had travelled on from Stockton. 

 The week's rain over, with the bay like a mirror, 

 and a clear sky over all, it was an enchanting scene. 

 I thought with gratitude of the kindness I had 

 received from Messrs. Chittenden, Edmondson, 

 McLea and many others; not only had they fre- 

 quently made me their guest, but they had given 

 me most valuable information and advice, in 

 reference to my future proceedings. 



