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weeks and I have also a few duplicates for you altogether as 

 I promised. Say how I am to send them I go to Bristol to- 

 morrow in search of subscribers for ten days To Paris on 

 the 15th of August have written to queen Adelaide this pleas- 

 ant morning & am glad to see that you are all well. Mr. A. 

 joins in respects to you all & I am as ever 



your friend most truly 



JOHN J. AUDUBON 



[The following note is written up the side of the page across 

 the main letter:] 



I cannot at present say When we can avail ourselves of 

 your kind invitation but will let you know in good time should 

 we but find it convenient to you when we return. 



It should be noticed that the revolution in France 

 which upset the Bourbon dynasty occurred just as Au- 

 dubon was leaving London, and that the House of Or- 

 leans, in the person of Louis Philippe, was seated on the 

 throne the day the following letter 8 was written ; very 

 likely Audubon was not reluctant to change his plan of 

 visiting Paris after hearing of these events, although he 

 had enjoyed an interview with the new king, who was 

 his patron. 



William Swains on to Audubon 



Saturday 7 August 1830. 

 MY DEAR MR. AUDUBON 



as you was on the point of leaving London, when you 

 wrote your last letter, I did not reply to it. This will probably 

 find you returned from your excursion, and I hope with every 

 success, on the score of increased subscribers, that you had 

 anticipated, If you will be so good as send me your specimens 

 of the Woodpeckers to Havell's, I shall be very glad to see 

 them, and they shall be returned to you after examination with 



8 From the Rowland MSS. 



