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was recommended to me by Boettclier,— I must say I am 

 gaining very slowly, though I am somewhat better. You 

 can have no idea how this malarious fever here reduces 

 a man; I would not have believed it. I take the matter 

 very coolly though; I must ultimately get well again. 

 That this sickness is a great injury to me in a pecuniary 

 way, you can imagine; this is what troubles me. Not 

 only that all I had went to the doctor, but I am in debt ; 

 and unless an unforeseen lucky chance turns up (which 

 is not at all likely) I shall not be able to save anything 

 during the next six months. Well, I will not lose heart 

 on that account: "Es muss doeh wieder werden," (It 

 must come our way again) as our grandma used to say. 

 Others have had worse experiences than I. 



I saw Olias on the day before I left Long Bar; the 

 poor fellow has fared rather badly. From Nelson Creek, 

 where he did not succeed, he went to Canon Creek (on 

 the upper Yuba), and here 286 dollars were stolen from 

 him about fourteen clays afterwards. He followed the 

 thief to San Francisco, but without result; his traveling 

 expenses however increased his loss to 360 dollars. It 

 was on his return from here that he called on me. The 

 poor fellow felt down hearted, and nobody can blame him 

 for it; the loss is really heavy. 



Grunhagen has at last succeeded in finding employ- 

 ment in Santa Cruz, a small place a few miles from Mon- 

 terey. He is clerking there in a marketshop, gets 50 dol- 

 lars a month and board, and sells butter, carrots, onions, 

 ham, etc. 



Emil Boettclier about a week ago went to Sonoma, on 

 the other side of the bay. His position there is not very 

 brilliant. 



I myself shall return to the mines as soon as possible. 



Business is exceedingly dull here. For weeks thou- 

 sands have been looking for employment, and nobody can 

 give it to them. In addition to these, every incoming 

 vessel brings more immigrants. How it is going to end — 

 God only knows. 



I hope you will not take offense, because this letter is 



