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tion of drawings for exhibition in that city. " Dr. Traill, 

 of the Royal Institution, had ordered all my drawings to 

 be packed up by the curator of the museum, and their 

 transport gave me no trouble whatever. 



" September lo. I left Liverpool and the many kind 

 friends I had made in it. In five and a half hours the 

 coach arrived at Manchester. I took lodgings in the 

 King's Arms. I strolled ^bout the city, and it seemed 

 to me to be most miserably laid out. I was struck by the 

 sallow looks, sad faces, ragged garments, and poverty of a 

 large portion of the population, which seemed worse off 

 than the negroes of Louisiana. I exhibited my pictures 

 in a gallery at Manchester at one shilling for entrance, 

 but the result was not satisfactory." 



At Manchester Audubon made the acquaintance of 

 two very valuable friends — Mr. Gregg and Mr. McMurray. 

 He visited many families, and was struck with the patri- 

 archal manner of an Englishman who called his son "my 

 love." He enjoyed for the first time a day's shooting 

 after the English fashion in the neighborhood of Man- 

 chester, but does not appear to have been charmed with 

 the sport. It was soon discovered that the exhibition of 

 his drawings at Manchester was not going to pay; but 

 he opened a subscription book for the publication of his 

 work on the birds of America. 



" September 28. Revisited Liverpool to consult about 

 a prospectus for my book. Stayed with Mr. Rathbone, 

 and met there Mr. John Bohn, the London bookseller, 

 who advised me to go to Paris and consult about cost of 

 publication, after which I ought to go to London and 

 compare the outlays before fixing upon any plan. Mrs. 

 Rathbone desired me to draw the wild turkey of America 

 the size of my thumb-nail. This she had engraved on a 

 precious stone in the form of a seal, and presented it 

 to me. 



