74 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 

 which thought me unworthy to be a 

 member, 77 he writes. 



About this time he was a guest for a 

 day or two of Earl Morton, at his estate 

 Dalmahoy, near Edinburgh. He had 

 expected to see an imposing personage 

 in the great Chamberlain to the late 

 queen Charlotte. What was his relief 

 and surprise, then, to see a " small, 

 slender man, tottering on his feet, 

 weaker than a newly hatched part- 

 ridge,' 7 who welcomed him with tears 

 in his eyes. The countess, i i a fair, fresh- 

 complexioned woman, with dark, flash- 

 ing eyes/ 7 wrote her name in his sub- 

 scription book, and offered to pay the 

 price in advance. The next day he 

 gave her a lesson in drawing. 



On his return to Edinburgh he dined 

 with Captain Hall, to meet Francis 

 Jeffrey. " Jeffrey is a little man, 77 he 

 writes, " with a serious face and digni- 

 fied air. He looks both shrewd and 

 cunning, and talks with so much 



