2 12 Shufeldt and Audubon, Audubonia. Tq" 



k 

 Oct 



"We begin printing tomorrow 2d of July, 1838 1 1 remember 

 that Mesdames et Messieurs! and I intend to proceed with all 

 possible despatch and care. All the birds in rum will be 

 inspected as far as internal or digestive organs, trachea &c are 

 concerned, and as I am constantly present in the dissecting 

 room, I think I shall know something about the matter anon. — 

 I am almost in hopes to see Victor tomorrow night but cannot 

 be sure. There are somewhere at home the nests of the birds 

 found on the Columbia by Nuttall and Townsend, I believe that 

 of Bewick's Wren is among them ; send them all, very carefully 

 packed. I want the journal of my first trip to the Floridas, 

 which was cut out of my large leather journal, previous to going 

 to Labrador, also a letter on the habits of the Yellow-bellied 

 Cuckoo, by a gentleman at Charleston. If it cannot be found 

 perhaps Maria will recollect his name, being a friend of John 

 Bachman, if so send me that, hi full, if possible. It is the 

 gentleman in whose garden I procured the small and large 

 cuckoos in the same nest. — 



"I have written forty four articles for my appendix and will 

 continue whenever I am not otherwise engaged, so as to save 

 time at last. — I am sorry for the death of poor Wickliffe but glad 

 that his brother was with him at New York previously, and 

 that we, at least, have done all we could for him. MacGillivray 

 is quite well, and works very hard, poor fellow — I am glad of 

 John's repainting the head by VanDyke, two copies of such 

 heads are valuable to him, besides his improving by so working 

 — When Victor has left for this place, John must pay much 

 attention to the colourers and call also on the book binder. 

 Havell ought to exert himself in having some 4th vols ; delivered 

 as soon as possible. 



"My last letter which was written last Sunday, was put too 

 late in the office, which closed on that day at two o'clock, 

 and did not therefore leave this till four o'clock on Monday 

 afternoon ; this one will have a better chance, for I will take it 

 myself to the general office. I have seen no one hardly since 

 my last, I am indeed as busily engaged as ever, and rarely go 

 to bed before eleven — being with Mr. MacGillivray until gen- 

 erally past ten, describing etc., I rise at four or earlier, he at 

 ten ; but I go to bed at eleven, he at two. I discovered that he 

 was adverse to the examination of the intestinal canals etc., 



