Having dismissed my amanuensis on account of his extreme incorrectness & slowness, and being disappointed in another I expected I have for this week applied myself this week1 to transcribe with a multitude of interruptions which has consumed ¾ of my time next week I hope to progress more rapidly by means of expected aid—this Circumstance has withdrawn my attention from the revisal of my Calculations, the result of which will be deferred for this time. The concluding sheets of the geographical survey I find have been so incorrectly written that a part of them must be transcribed—for the present I have the pleasure of sending you some sheets of the Journal of occurrences & remarks