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Natural History talks Native songs - 

 Patting songs Typical negro melodies Re- 

 ligious refrains Beaufort The Dismal 

 Swamp and Lake Drummond Brooks 



4. The "Baird School" -Theodore Gill --Mas- 

 ter of Taxonomy Coues Coues' dread of 

 visitors His good advice Jordan and 

 Gilbert Dall and others Edward Drinker 

 Cope Fishes of Ohio again Joseph Henry 



BOOK TWO (1879-1891) 

 CHAPTER EIGHT 183 



1. Dissension at Butler A dangerous move 

 Back into line European trips 



2. A sudden transfer Successor to Richard Owen 



Indiana University Humbug or godlessness 



Grand Old Men of Indiana 



3. Abolition of competition Robert Owen and 

 Maclure Say Lesueur The Owen Broth- 

 ers Neef Troost Too many drones 

 Rapp and the Angel Stone 



4. New neighbors The Bates School of Philos- 

 ophy The town Only one at a time --An 

 unpopular book Early-day students "The 

 Hoosier Schoolmaster" 



5. Geodes Trailing Arbutus Boisen Brown 

 County 



CHAPTER NINE 201 



1. Government service on Pacific Coast De- 

 tails of investigation Los Angeles The 

 Palos Verdes San Diego The "Last 

 Chance" "Mr. Law" Big game fishing 

 around Santa Catalina 



2. Santa Barbara Sudis Flying Fishes 

 Method of flight Opening Indian mounds 

 San Luis Obispo The Black Current Millie- 

 Christine - - Monterey - The Hagfish Mis- 

 sion San Carlos -- Carrying the faith --An- 

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