Here is an autograph of Paolo Lioy, one of our most distinguished Italian , for Lucy's collection. Please answer me as soon as convenient these passages of the letter:

"Whether, among the peoples of America, the use of the right arm or hand in preference to the left is, or is not, general. The answer would be interesting to me in reference to work I am preparing in which I shall have occasion to discuss the question, whether the use of the right side in preference to the left is a matter of habit merely, or whether it depends on physiological & anatomical reasons."

Also I send an autograph of Conte Torelli, Prefect of Venice, an eminent geologist and physicist.

We have just returned from a short excursion to Southern Tuscany, where we have seen numerous collections of Etruscan objects of all sorts & had a capitol time, travelling principally in our own carriage.

Prof Baird

References in this letter:

Paolo Lioy (1836-1911) was an Italian naturalist and man of letters.

Luigi Torelli (1810-1887).