106 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 

 tained a few new subscribers, and made 

 some collections on account of my work." 

 His son Victor wrote desiring the 

 presence of his father in England, and on 

 April 16, we find him with his wife and 

 son John, again embarked for Liverpool. 

 In due time they are in London where 

 they find Victor well, and the business of 

 publication going on prosperously. One 

 of the amusing incidents of this sojourn, 

 narrated in the diaries, is Audubon's and 

 his son's interview with the Baron Koth- 

 schild, to whom he had a letter of intro- 

 duction from a distinguished American 

 banking house. The Baron was not 

 present when they entered his private 

 office, but "soon a corpulent man ap- 

 peared, hitching up his trousers, and a 

 face red with the exertion of walking, 

 and without noticing anyone present, 

 dropped his fat body into a comfortable 

 chair, as if caring for no one else in this 

 wide world but himself. While the 

 Baron sat, we stood, with our hats held 



