62 SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD 
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 
So F., Bain, 
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 Among the unpublished papers of 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 Audubon: 
From J. J. Audubon to S. F. Baird. 
New York, March 24, 1842. 
My pear Younc 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. 
