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<juarters at Woods Hole, when surely recreation should have 

 been secured, corroborated that first estimate. What a proof of 

 tireless devotion is given n the bibliography of his publication"- 

 prepared by Dr. Goode, issued in 1883. This list embraces 1,063 

 titles, of which 73 relate to mammals, 80 to birds, 43 to reptiles. 

 431 to fishes, 61 to invertebrates, 16 to plants, 88 to geographical 

 distribution, 46 to geology, mineralogy, and paleontology, 45 to 

 anthropology, 31 to industry and art, and 109 to exploration and 

 travel. I know of no such evidence of tireless devotion in exist- 

 ence, where you consider the number of the contributions, the 

 breadth of research involved, the thoroughness of treatment, and 

 also take account of the constant burdens carried by the writer 

 in administration of three great organizations — the Smithsonian 

 Institution, its ward, the National Museum, and the Fish Com- 

 mission. And to such a life did the world bear abundant testi- 

 mony. Almost every civilized country paid him honor. Hon- 

 orar}^ degrees came to him from the universities and colleges of 

 our own land, and I know of no prominent scientific society but 

 what claimed him in its honorary membership.' All realized in- 

 debtedness due to one who was a perennial spring of enthusiasm 

 in departments of scientific effort so varied. Mention should be 

 made of testimonials bestowed by foreign countries. Jn 1875 he 

 received the decoration of Knight of the Eoyal Xorwegian Order 

 of St. Olaf from the King of Xorway and Sweden. In 1878 he 

 was awarded the silver medal of the Acclimatization Society of 

 Melbourne, and in 1879 the gold medal of the Societe d' Acclima- 

 tion of France. He bore con-esponding, or honorary member- 

 ships in zoological or botanical societies in London, Xew Soutli 

 Wales, Vienna, Lisbon, Xew Zealand, Batavia, Buda-Pesth, 

 Cherbourg, Jena, Halle, Nuremberg, Quebec, Berlin. 



"It was a touching tribute to Professor Baird's services that 

 was received soon after his death from Yizo, the most northerly 

 island of the Japanese Archipelago, in the form of a little vol- 

 ume beautifully printed upon silk, containing his portrait and 

 the story of his character.'" Perhaps Germany more than any 

 other country recognized the importance of his services to fish 

 culture. In 1880 at the first great International Fishery Exhi- 

 tion held in Berlin, the magnificent silver trophy wliicli was the 

 first prize was awarded to him by the Emperor William. It lias 



