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 siasm, exerted myself as much as was in 

 my power to procure for him the speci- 

 mens which he wanted. 



"We hunted together and obtained 

 birds which he had never before seen j 

 but, reader, I did not subscribe to his 

 work, for, even at that time, my collec- 

 tion was greater than his. 



u Thinking that perhaps he might be 

 pleased to publish the results of my re- 

 searches, I offered them to him, merely 

 on condition that what I had drawn, or 

 might afterward draw and send to him, 

 should be mentioned in his work as com- 

 ing from my pencil. I at the same time 

 offered to open a correspondence with 

 him, which I thought might prove bene- 

 ficial to us both. He made no reply to 

 either proposal, and before many days 

 had elapsed, left Louisville on his way 

 to New Orleans, little knowing how 

 much his talents were appreciated in our 

 little town, at least by myself and my 

 friends. " 



