346 SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD 
Mr. Ross’s identification of his species are in general surprisingly 
correct, very few mistakes, and those quite pardonable. 
We have already acted on your suggestion in regard to sending 
books to Mr. Hopkins. We find him a very pleasant correspondent, 
since Sir George’s death. We have written to the consul and Governor 
of the H. B. Co. in London, acknowledging the many favors of the 
officers of the Co. to you and Drexler, and have been assured of the 
great pleasure it affords them to be of service, directly or indirectly. 
They made no charge on Drexler’s eight boxes from Moose Factory 
to London. 
Drexler got eggs of English snipe, semi-palmated sand piper, ring 
plover, hyperborean phalarope, pin tail, golden eye, long tail, dusky, 
and eider duck, black guillemot, etc., and some interesting rare birds. 
Nothing equal to your lot however. 
We will with much pleasure have Mr. (name illegible) collection 
of plants identified and labelled by Drs. Torrey and Gray, and a 
series reserved for himself or disposed of to his order. 
I think I will make a stop here, as my fingers are well tired out, © 
and resume with the pen again sometime. 
Sincerely yours, 
S. F. Barrp. 
To Robt. Kennicott, Way up North, from Spencer F. Baird. 
Wasuincton, March 23, 1861. 
Dear Rosertus, 
Since my last, a week ago, John Woodworth and I have done 
little else than work at getting up your outfit, which is now nearly 
ready to go off. I will enclose a special invoice hereafter, and may 
merely mention now that you will find pretty nearly everything you 
have asked for and more too. Fancy goods, feathers, sheets, burning 
glass, 3 double barrelled common guns, compression—no flints in 
the market (cost $4.50 each!) a good gun for yourself; horse-pistol 
with percussion lock. Six India rubber pillow cases, besides the two 
sent down by you, and many other articles too numerous to mention. 
We have made a division of the articles. What is to be used by your- 
self, gun, pistol (50 cigars from Dr. Evans), some books etc. go in one 
