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as his agent in a certain territory. These letters refer to the selling 

 of the parts as issued and the collecting of accounts from sub- 

 scribers, and also dwell in a measure on the difficulty which Audu- 

 bon was experiencing in receiving response to his communications. 

 In the ' Journals' we see that Audubon at that time was intimate 

 with the families and accepted the hospitality of both brothers, 

 and Mr. Wilkinson writes me that he well remembers his mother 

 telling him that Audubon staid at his grandfather's house for weeks 

 at a time. Sir William Jardine, so prominent in ornithology, 

 married in 1820 Jane Home Lizars, sister of the engraver, for his 

 first wife. 



Audubon to Lizars. 



Daniel Lizars, Esq., 



Book Seller 



5 St. David Street — Edinburgh. 



Liverpool, 6th Dec, 1827. 

 My dear Sir: 



I have been here two weeks today and would have wrote to you 

 long since; but on my arrival at Manchester I received a large 

 parcel of Letters from my wife, saying that she had relinquished the 

 Crossing of the Atlantic for this winter that has so annoyed me and 

 lowered my spirits that I really have had no wish to write to any 

 one. I hope you are well and all the family. I received a letter 

 from Mr. Havell saying that the Numbers and Prints to complete 

 your sets had been forwarded you. I hope you have supplied the 

 Glasgow Museum and the Revd. INIr. Craig. I will not ask if 

 you have any new names for me as I might be disappointed were 

 I to expect an affirmative answer. Please write to me here care of 

 Messrs. Rathbone & Brothers and let me know what success you 

 have had in collecting; and if any money of mine is in your hands 

 please forward me. I ?vill go from this to Derby and afterwards 

 to Bristol and will acquaint you with my success. I have nine 

 more names since I left you. If you see Sir Wm. Jardine tell him 

 that Charles Bonaparte has left the U. S. for ever and is gone to 

 reside at Florence in Italy. Pray tell your brother W. H. that I 

 will write to him the moment I reach London and wish him and 



