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He wants it within two weeks. Try & stuff several Gadwall ducks 

 if there are any in market, they are very rare here, also any of the 

 other ducks we have not got. Don't forget to send me some money 

 to buy birds in the market. I mean to take a quantity of arsenic 

 home with me as it can be procured here for 16 cents a pound. If 

 you are writing home tell them to send me some money as soon as 

 possible as I have but 3 dollars in the world, & no boots to wear, and 

 but one pair trousers good for anything. Try and answer all the 

 questions in this & the last letter and write as soon as you get this 

 letter. Your affectionate Brother 



S. F. BAIRD. 



P. S. On the other page I send a list of the birds I have procured 

 here. I expect to get many more before I leave. Such as Canada 

 Jay, 3 toed Woodpecker, Kentucky Warbler, Hemlock Warbler, 

 &c., &c., &c. There is one of my roommates the Rev. W. W. Hale 

 who will visit Washington in a short time. I will give him a letter 

 to you and I want you to show him every attention in your power, 

 as he has been very kind to me & has materially assisted me in many 

 points. He wishes particularly to see the Collections of the National 

 Institute. By the by send me an account of what they are doing at 

 the Institute. 



Notwithstanding his illness, which lingered some time 

 after his return, he kept up his walks; though confessing 

 to fatigue on several occasions. He travelled on foot 

 105 miles in March. Among the unpublished papers of 

 that month I find the following letter from Auclubon: 



From J . J. Audubon to S. F. Baird. 



NEW YORK, March 24, 1842. 

 MY DEAR YOUNG FRIEND, 



If I have not answered your last letter to me sooner, it has been 

 because I have been truly extremely busy. Not I am sorry to add 



in 1818. Married Harriott Pinckney Rutledge in 1827. He was a 

 resident of South Carolina for many years and died Sept. 8, 1871. 

 He was devoted to the study of reptiles and fishes, on which his 

 publications are American classics. 



