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remain some time longer. Is there any particular point to which 

 you wish his attention directed. With my best respects to all 

 your kind family I remain 



Yours Sincerely 



Spencer F. Baird. 



PjS. 



I forgot to say that I have been elected professor of Natural 

 History in Dickinson College. The situation is entirely nominal 

 however, nothing to do & no salary whatever. 



John J. Audubon. F. R. S. 

 77 William St. 

 New York. 



Baird to Audubon. 



Carlisle Sept. 26. 1845. 

 My dear Mr. Audubon 



I hasten to communicate to you some information which I have 

 obtained of the Northern hare, although in all probability you are 

 well acquainted with what I have to say. My informant is Mr. 

 Andrew H. Rose of Silver Lake Susquehanna Co. Penn., where 

 game of all kinds is abundant. He is now in Carlisle, and any 

 queries you might make respecting the animal, on subjects not 

 mentioned in his communication, he could answer to your satis- 

 faction. Among the animals in his neighborhood, he speaks of a 

 Catamount!!, a varmint twice as large as the wild cat, tail 18 

 inches long, and unspotted, i. e. the body. Very different from 

 the young panther, with which he is well acquainted. There was a 

 skin in his neighborhood, which he has written for. He is not very 

 sanguine of getting it, if it is not procurable his brother will try 

 very hard to get another. He promises me skins of Wild Cats, 

 Cross foxes, Fishers, a Red Squirrel, twice as large as a Chickaree, 

 living in deep swamps, and Hares in various plumages. He 

 killed several Silver Foxes, last winter and will try and get one if 

 possible. He says they bring 35 dollars from the dealers in Mont- 

 rose. If I should be so fortunate as to get anything interesting 

 through him it shall be sent on immediately, as my sole object in 



