Your remarks about your hish water levels were of great 
interest to me. It is probably in meterology as with all 
other sciences: one cannot only observe but one must pro- 
ceed with one's mind. 
Anythine you may want to collect for me will be welcome. 
With the Palomon I had a eood time,thoush the animal is of 
no interest; it does not belone in my Asterid monocrraph. 
Do not attribute my being upset about Baird to being 
only sensitive on my part, but to just offenses about all 
kinds of happenines with people. Information, which I pre- 
sented to professor Henry quite simply, for which he he 
wrote to me last week a long copy-letter. Baird and Givens 
permit themselves steps, which for the pure development 
of science in this country can only be detrimental and 
very bad examples for others, because one should expect 
only the best from such an institution. E.g. miserable, 
short diarnoses Enaatally in the Procedures of the Aca- 
demy of Natural Sciences in Philadelph ja in the .„.s.s..% 
to obtain prliority for themselves, as if there was not enoush 
to do in this country for all who want to labor, while all 
scientific motivation is being cheated..Then absurd gene- 
rice proposals for names,such as Utah for a lizard, Gila for 
a fish, why not Potomac and Kentucky ? It is really disgusting 
and the buttering up of the officers from whom they receive 
items becomes sickening. That makes me mad and I shall pro- 
claim my disgust loudly. One must not make fun of the science 
ıin this country if I can stop it. 
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