DON GUILLERMO HARTNELL wrote an enraged letter to his partner McCulloch in Lima

+++  ’A Californian would rather make you a present of the horse he rides on than allow his tail to be cut off; and although it is very true that they are in the habit of docking mares occasionally they do it for the purpose of obtaining lasos, halters, and various other articles of which there is an immense consumption in the country itself.’  ++  Still Mr. Begg was dissatisfied with Hartnell’s way of doing business.  According to McCulloch, “Mr. B. is far from being reconciled to the taking of the new Farm, the capital required for stocking it seems to frighten him.”  McCulloch also said, at this time, that “the Tallow from some of the missions has been in a shameful state.”  The ready sale in South America of cargoes aboard the ‘Thomas Nowlan,’ collected by supercargo Stephen Anderson, led the LIma firm to write Hartnell in Monterey that “they [Anderson and Mancisidor] appear to be doing a sure business and more extensive in proportion than you.”  ++  William Logan felt that Mr. Begg was becoming “cool” toward the California branch of his business, and Hartnell began to suspect that even McCulloch was losing interest in the faraway concern.  Recently Captain Lincoln had indicated as much, writing from Callao:  ”Mr. M’Culloch (I believe) is carrying on the store in Callao on his own account solely.”  ++  This seemed strange, when McCulloch had returned to South America for the avowed purpose of devoting himself to the affairs of both partners, and had written “dear William” of the showdown with Mr. Begg in which he accomplished his purpose.  But presently he took over two other stores in Callao, devoting more time to them than to the California retail establishment.  Finally, the Scotsman, although alloted the greater share of profits in the contract, began to charge a commission for selling cargoes of California goods.  This enraged Hartnell and he straightway asked Begg and Company for a revision of the articles of co-partnership (August 19, 1826).  To McCulloch he wrote, at the same time:  ++  ’Instead of devoting your time and attention to this concern as you bound yourself to do , I am informed that you never bother your head at all about it, having other two flashy establishment that engross the whole of your attention - … +++