AUDUBON JOURNAL 



I believe really now that my talents must be poor 

 or the Country — Dined with M^ Gordon, conversa- 

 tion Birds & Drawings, Must exibit some again and 

 again as New Guests came in — 



I Rec^ to day a Letter from My Beloved Wife Dated 

 Nov^ 28^^ 1820 — gave My Letter for M'- Garnier to the 

 Columbus— No work yet— paid a Visit to Monsieur 

 Pamar but Audubon was poor to day and he Knew it 

 when I made my bow — 



Wrote this Evening to Henry Clay Es'*'- for another 

 Letter of Recommandation — 



Weather, Warm, rainy, foggy, and altogether Dis- 

 agreable Saw One Wood Cock in Market — 



Saturday 13*^ January 1821 



I rose early tormented by many disagreable 

 thoughts, nearly again without a cent, in a BusUng 

 City where no one cares a fig for a Man in my situa- 

 tion — I walked to Jarvis the Painter and shewed him 

 some of my Drawings — he overlooked [at] them, said 

 nothing then Leaned down and examined them 

 minutely but never said they Were good or bad — 

 Merely that when he drew an Eagle for Instance, he 

 made it resemble a Lyon, and covered it with Yellow 

 hair and not Feathers — some fools who entered the 

 room, were so pleased at seeing my Eagle that theh 

 prised it, and Jarvis wistled — I called him aside. While 

 Joseph Rolled up our Papers and asked him if he 



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