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of the arduous undertaking before us. — I cannot say any more, 

 than that I and your Mother are quite Happy at the knowing that 

 you are so well able to do all for us and for yourself that we could 

 possibly desire. — to go on in the same manner is all we can wish, 

 and we feel perfectly confident that you will do so. — 



We are all anxiety to hear from you after your return to England 

 from your visit to the Continent, and [should] you not have pro- 

 cured a single subscriber, it is well to [have] ascertained the fact 

 that none were there, besides the knowledge which you have 

 acquired of the Nations you have visited — a knowledge which no 

 description can ever convey. — to speak the French Language alone 

 will be of great import to you.— We hope that you Draw Some, 

 and also that you study music at your leisure hours, however few 

 these hours may be. — 



When at Philadelphia I will ship direct from that City the Bird 

 skins, shells &'' not belonging to our private Collection for you to 

 dispose of as opportunities offer. — 



I am greatly in want of One dozen or So of the best French water 

 colour brushes of assorted sizes made in Paris — 



Pitois can. send them to you. They cost from 5 to 8 Francs each 

 and are made good only by Vial Lebault, successeur de Cherion, 

 Fabricant de Pinceaux N° 61. Quai de I'horloge du Palais, pres 

 du Pont Neuf, a Paris. Some very large, none very sviall. 



In the first volume of the "Birds of America" there exists 2 

 repetition of species, "The Female Turkey" and "the black and 

 Yellow Warbler" — and in the 2'* Volume one repetition — "the 

 Young of the White headed Eagle" This renders the numbers of 

 actual species less by tlu-ee than 200 the proper number intended 

 these Volumes should Contain — I now think that the character 

 of the work, and the fame of the author, would be greatly enhanced, 

 by giving 3 extra small plates in the last number of the 2^ Volume; 

 it would be fulfilling to the very letter the promises to subscribers 

 contained in The Original Prospectus, and would the more enable 

 us to enforce the taking in of the Work by all those who have 

 aflflxed their own signature to the original list of subscription, and 

 have so unwaranttedly abandoned it since the time they sub- 

 scribed. — The extra cost of these three plates would certainly be 

 considerable, but it would I think work well and exibit an unpre- 



