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unexampled promptness shewn by you on the three occasions 

 you have been troubled with the delivery of 46 parts of our 

 work to 46 of our Boston subscribers; and for which as I 

 have said before I am very sorry to have nought but our sin- 

 cerest thanks and gratitude to you for this, so remarkable pro- 

 ceeding. May God reward you and yours for all your gener- 

 ous actions. 



I thank you also for your memorandums about the quad- 

 rupeds in the Boston Museum as I see that our animal there 

 may save me the trouble of going to the State of Maine for it. 

 When I was last under the hospitable roof of our Friend Doc r 

 Shattuck, I saw in George's room a N- of the "Penny Maga- 

 zine" in which there is a plate representing a family of Beavers 

 at work, that reminded me greatly of what I have seen in the 

 ponds of Indiana some thirty years ago, and which I should like 

 to have for a few days to assist in part in the making of the 

 background to my Drawing of these animals, drawn from the 

 Individual you procured for me. I will take good care of the 

 N- and will return it safely very soon. 



Should George Shattuck have forwarded that N- to M r - 

 B. of Baltimore, pray ask him to write to the later to 

 send it to me as soon as convenient. If per chance you 

 could procure for me a live Hare in the Summer dress (It is 

 pure white in winter) pray do so and do not mind the price or 

 the cost of its conveyance to me. This animal is abundant in 

 the northern portions of your State and is fully double the 

 size of the common Hare called the "Rabbit." 



With sincerest regards and kindest remembrances to all 

 around you and our mutual Friends, 



believe [me] yours always 



JOHN J. AUDUBON. 

 The "Parkman Wren" 

 well mounted will soon be 

 on your chimney mantle ! 



The unique specimen of the little Wren, referred to 

 in the postscript of this letter, had been discovered on 



