INDEX 453 
Baird, S. F.—Continued. 
pedestrian habits, 147; anecdotes, 148; 
relations with children, 148, 150; per- 
sonal appearance, 149; liking for fiction, 
149; Little Lord Fauntleroy, 149; Mrs. 
S. F. Baird, 150; he begins researches 
on fishes, 151; hours of teaching, 152; 
receives letter from Dana urging him 
to apply for the curatorship of the 
Smithsonian Museum, 156; he makes 
application, 157; anatomical studies, 
164; visits Westport, N. Y., and Adiron- 
dack woods, 169; ascends Mt. Marcy, 
169; goes to Burlington, Vt., 169; to 
Boston, 169; meets Agassiz, Desor, 
Rufus Choate, Jeffries Wyman and 
Dr. John Warren, 169; returns to 
Carlisle, 169; his students, 170; offered 
a professorship in the University of 
Vermont, 176; a daughter born, 178; 
explores Carlisle cave, 178; the 
Churchills move to a new house, 179; 
hunting salamanders, 179; salary in- 
creased, 181; western collecting tour, 
182; meets Professor Joseph Henry, 
182; visits Dr. Kirtland, 182; Caleb 
Atwater, 182; meeting of the American 
Association, 183; projects of Prof. 
Agassiz, 183; caves, 186; honorary 
degree of M.D., 186; very illin Virginia, 
189; last lecture at Dickinson College, 
210; elected assistant secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution, 211; visits 
Reading, Pa., 213; journey to Lake 
Champlain, 213; collecting tour in 
Canada, ‘214; meeting of American 
Association, 214, 217; elected-Perma- 
nent Secretary of the Association, 214; 
leaves Carlisle, 220; arrives in Wash- 
ington, 220; goes to housekeeping, 227; 
‘builds new house, 227; characteristics 
Baird, S. F.— Continued. 
of Washington in 1850, 227; Smith- 
sonian building, 228; the Capitol, 229; 
negro service, 229; Mrs. Baird’s anec- 
dote, 229; hospitality, 229; students at 
the Smithsonian, 230; effects of the 
civil war, 232; economy, 233; Baird 
deposits his collection at the Smith- 
sonian, 235; organizes International 
exchange of literature, 236; performs 
much manual labor, 236; promotes 
collecting by U. S. Surveys and Army 
officers, 236; correspondence, 237; 
inspires others, 238, 240; vacation 
work, 239, 240; wide scientific know]- 
edge, 241; request of George W. Childs, 
242; contributes to periodicals, 243; 
the Harper Brothers, 244; Mrs. Baird’s 
coéperation, 244; inventiveness, 245; 
economical in expenditures, 246; rela- 
tions with subordinates, 247; relations 
to Government expeditions, 248; Pacific 
Railroad reports, 249; Cincinnati meet- 
ing of American Association, 257; 
Baird acts as treasurer, 257; visits New 
York, 260; attends Commencement at 
Dickinson . College, 260; Regents ap- 
prove his plans for International ex- 
change of publications, 271; visits 
Emerson and Thoreau, 272; he edits 
book on bayonet exercises by George 
B. McClellan, U. S. A., 271; visits Mrs. 
Biddle, 271; salary raised, 271; journey 
through New England, 272; studies 
reptiles, 272; trouble with delinquents, 
278; Wisconsin expedition, 285; attends 
Cleveland meeting of American Asso- 
ciation, 286; hopes for a National 
Museum, 305; makes will, 306; sum- 
mers at Beesley’s Point, N. J., 326; 
summers at Elizabethtown, N. Y., 326; 
