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beautiful Chinese drawings, South American costumes, 
scenes from the places visited by the expedition, etc. 
He translated some German papers on corals for Dana, 
amounting to fifty quarto pages. He notes that he had 
walked 1400 miles this year, and used 70 pounds of shot, 
8 pounds of powder and 1800 percussion caps. 
On the 15th of January, 1844, he went to Captain 
Wilkes’ house with Mr. Dana to see the drawings of the 
exploring expedition, reptiles, fish, sea anemones, land- 
scapes, portraits, etc., very numerous and beautiful. On 
the 25th he left Washington for Philadelphia. 
Professor Silliman had asked for the list of Cumberland 
County birds for the Journal of Science and Art, and the 
proof reached him at Philadelphia. 
He met C. A. Poulsen, the friend of Rafinesque, John 
Pennington, Isaac Lea, and others prominent in science 
or literature: 
He records seeing a large snowy owl settle on the roof 
of a house at the corner of Spruce and 8th streets. Girard 
College observatory was visited and notes made of the 
instruments. 
From Spencer F. Baird to William M. Baird. 
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 31, 1844. 
Dear WILL, 
I would have written before this had I not been waiting for 
several persons to give me bird skins who had promised them. I 
have already gone pretty extensively into this department, & hope 
to do still more. The other day I went to Dr Leib’s with Brewer, 
and he had a large quantity of Birds brought down, and told me to 
take my pick. You may be sure it did not take long to avail myself 
of this offer. So I selected about 40, very nice birds, only two or 
three however new to us. These consisted principally of a fine 
snowy owl, Marsh Hawk: very Black Rough Legged Do.: Young 
