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I certainly won't let you pay for
those pins, and will be glad to
send you as many more as you
want. We are under greater obli-
gations to you then can be repaid
by such trifles. Let me know
when your stock is out. [Illegible] have
me the slightest intention of letting
you incur any expense for alcohol
&c. I will send the 5.00 either
today, or when I can put some small
gold to mail.

I do not care yet to have any
insects: I will wait till the col-
lection of vertebrata is finished. I do
not know whether the Insect vol.
of NYork Nat. Hist. can be had
separately, but will enquire and let
you know.

I sent the blanks to give you
an idea of the principal mea-
surements desirable of mammals,
so that when you have the time
you might record the dimensions
of the more interesting ones.

Suppose you insert a notice in
the prairie farmer requesting all per-
sons to send you information of habits
of gophers and other mammals
as well as specimens. we will pay
freights &c

Yours truly
S.F. Baird

Robt. Kennicott
West Northfield Ill