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is one of the most impracticable
and helpless men I ever was connected
with. He was four months out
of port before he learned to fire a
gun, yet to this day he can neither
load nor clear one. All my fire
arms have more or less suffered from
his carelessness and hardly a week
ago he dropped overboard countless
Grinnells Fowling piece. His neglect
of routine with the accompanying
neglect of duty makes him my one
non reliable man, and his tendency
to argue points of discipline makes
me often lose my temper. I have never
yet been able to draw from him a simple
"yes or no." The boy is faithful
and gallant, but utterly worthless
as an attache to our Expedition. I
would add in justice to him that
he is a gentleman but I cant apply
that word to one who neglects
grossly and intentionally a set of
duties for which he contracted and
for the performance of which he is receiving
the salary which would have secured
me a competent and efficient substitute
— So sharp is he in the style of
Susan Nipper that his messmates are
half the time in hot water with him
and. In fact he is a conceited
hobby de hoy, and so child like in
his care of himself that I have to
attend to his clothing. I am out
of patience with him.

This evening Outuniah, Myosu,
and a stranger visited us having
walked from their huts. They seemed
tired and brought with them no meat