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James Wilson reports case of salmon hybrids.
Herrings inhabit freshwater lake in Scotland during winter.
JDH will edit juror reports for the Great Exhibition.
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JH's exertions and friendship are a treasure. Will visit them on Monday next.
About the expected death of [Richard] Jones; JH is about to leave to visit him and Mrs. Jones.
Is awaiting notice that he needs to go to see [Richard] Jones, who is very ill with a carbuncle on his neck. JH also comments on arrangements to be made related to Jones's illness.
Has left nearest town “to be a sojourner in the wilderness.” Speculating on an immense construction project; joined 160 miners to build a canal or flume made of wood 20 miles long in steep rocky mountainous wilderness inhabited only by grisley [sic] bears, deer, and coyotes. It will convey water from Stanislaus River to Columbia region, which is rich in gold but requires water to extract it. Labor is furnished by unpaid miners, who also pay for equipment in exchange for shares in the Company; when system is operating, they will pay for use of the water to work their claims. As the only Surveyor here, it fell to me to engineer, design, and lay out the whole project. “There is no place like California for freedom of action and scope for enterprise.” Longs to hear more of the Great Exhibition and the Chrysal [sic] Palace in England “as every American paper is full of it.”
Anxious to have JH meet the new assistant, Pierce Newton, to be sent to the Cape Observatory.
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Has forwarded his letter regarding Dr. [O. W.?] Fiedler to Sir Henry Ellis. C. D. E. König is on vacation at the moment so is unable to estimate how much the British Museum will offer for the fulgurite. Perhaps JH would call and inspect the specimens.
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Sends final version of report on Henry Bingley's position at Mint. Awaits decision from Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood]. Would like to have Bingley's approval of the report, but believes that Chancellor should see it first.
Awaits assay report from W. A. Miller. [F. R.] Brande is absent again when most needed [during transition to new Mint system]. George Arbuthnot sent list of coins needed for colonies. HH's daughter returns German book lent by JH.
CD returns home Saturday and would like his servant to take his MS [of Living Cirripedia] to Adlard that morning; he does not have a copy and would on no account re-undergo the labour he has spent on it.
Forwards report by Mint Board evaluating claims from company of Moneyers to compensation for equipment taken over by Mint during reform. Mr. Richards has evaluated Moneyers' equipment, and JH submits recommended compensation for various articles.