Vol. XXII 

 1905 



Deane, Letter of Stvaitison to Audubon. -l*} 



place in the great System of their Creator, for the true system, if 

 I have, or anybody else, has discovered is not a Human System. 

 If my views are correct, every observation you make, plain, unvar- 

 nished, and strictly accurate, will fully and perfectly harmonize. 

 Our parts are totally distinct, and we have no occasion to consult 

 with each other what we should say at every page. Where our 

 views may differ, I shall not, of course, say anything. My own 

 remarks had better be kept distinct, in the form of " Scientific 

 Notes " to each letter, at the end, and in this way you will make 

 the work, the standard authority on American Ornithology, which 

 without Science, it certainly would not be, however interesting or 

 valuable in other respects. 



"As to time, and remuneration, I shall have completed all my 

 portion of Dr. Richardson's 1 works in two months. I can then 

 devote a portion of each clay to yours. The terms of my remuner- 

 ation will be those which I always receive from the Booksellers, 

 and which are fixed, worth twelve guineas a sheet of the same 

 size and Type as the Zoological Journal, each sheet being 16 pages, 

 and each page averages 390 words, the calculation is there brought 

 to a nicety, and you may spend as much as you choose. If I have 

 to revise and correct the proofs, make alterations etc. that will be 

 something additional, I always charge this by the time each sheet 

 takes me, and would come to from 5/ to 7/6 a sheet but the book- 

 sellers generally give me a round sum, which I name after trying 

 the three first sheets of a work, with Dr. Richardson's the case was 

 different, I there had 300^ for my assistance and drawings. It 

 would of course be understood that my name stands in the title 

 page as responsible for such portion as concerns me. 



" Should we arrange this matter, it will be time enough to fix on 

 other minor points. But I should like to know your decision soon, 

 as I have been applied to in another quarter. Indeed I am already 

 so full of business, that I have two years active employment before 

 me. I go for two days to assist Burchell 2 in the arrangement of 



1 As co-author of Swainson and Richardson's Fauna Boreali-Americana. 

 Part II. The Birds. Born Nov. ^, 1787 — died June 5, 1865. 



2 William John Burchell, explorer and naturalist, who collected extensively 

 in Brazil, Africa, and other countries. Born 1782? — died March 3, 1863. 



