JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 119 



"He further said that he sold 75 



copies in America, 26 in New York and 



24 in Boston ; that the work cost him 



27,000 and that he lost $25,000 by it. 



" He said that Louis Philippe offered 

 to subscribe for 100 copies if he would 

 publish the work in Paris. This he 

 found could not be done, as it would 

 have required 40 years to finish it as 

 things were then in Paris. Of this con- 

 versation I made a memorandum at the 

 time which I read over to Mr. Audubon 

 and he pronounced it correct. 



" J. PRESCOTT HALL." 



