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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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