434 AUDUBON, THE NATURALIST 



I have received only one letter from friend Children dur- 

 ing all this absence against my very many — 

 I hope the insects I sent him by the Annibal have reached safely. 

 — have no news to give you — Keep up a good heart — we will 

 be in London as soon as possible. — I have not had a letter 

 from Miss Hudson for a long time — I hope her mother & her 

 are well — Remember me kindly to your Dear Wife and Little 

 ones — Mrs Audubon joins me in all good wishes — If you see 

 Parker my remembrances to him=I will carry with me some 

 Drawings that I know will make the graver and the Acid Grin 

 again. — 



Believe me your friend — 



John J. Audubon. 



When you present my sincere regards to friend Swanson 

 [Swainson] tell him that I have had only one letter from him 

 and that I am now quite unable to say where Mr Ward is=I 

 had a letter from Henry Havell 12 the other day merely ac- 

 knowledging the money I have paid him — he was in New York, 

 I hope quite well — 



[Enclosure] 

 A friend of ours here named Wm. Garrett Johnson (a 

 cotton planter) a gentleman who resides in a perfectly healthy 

 and agreeable part of the country, desires that I should write 

 to England to procure for him a Governess, one who can teach 

 music, drawing and the usual branches of education to young 

 Ladies. Mr. Johnson will pay the sum of one thousand dol- 

 lars per annum, board, lodging &c, also and considered in all 

 respects as a member of the family, to any lady who will un- 

 dertake occupation (the sum is about 230 £ ) the governess will 

 have to instruct ten or twelve young persons of various ages, 

 and may make the arrangement for five years if desirous of it. 

 I have thought this would suit your sister precisely, and for 

 my part knowing the family Johnson as I do I should think it 

 an excellent thing for her. if not I will look for some one when 



12 Henry Augustus Havell, a younger brother of Robert Havell, 

 Junior; see Vol. II, p. 191. 



