448 AUDUBON, THE NATURALIST 



May n they visited Paris, Audubon no doubt wishing 

 to collect the money due from his agent there, as well 

 as to introduce his wife to the unrivaled attractions of 

 the great city. Upon returning to London in July he 

 had the pleasure of again meeting his fidus Achates, 

 Edward Harris, 12 of Moorestown, New Jersey, and 

 immediately began to put his affairs in order for a long 

 period of absence. 



While Audubon was in Paris, the following letter 13 

 was written by his staunch friend and supporter in Con- 

 gress, Edward Everett, who, as has been seen, fully ap- 

 preciated the national character of his great undertak- 

 ings. The effort of this able advocate to give The Birds 

 of America free passage to their native land, however, 

 do not appear to have been successful until two years 

 later, as a letter to be quoted in due course clearly indi- 

 cates. 



Edward Everett to Audubon 



CHARLESTOWN, MASS., May 19th, 1831. 

 MY DEAR SIR 



I duly received your favor of the 1st. of Nov. accompanied 

 with some copies of the Prospectus, and a few days since your 

 letter of the 5th. March reached me. I owe you an apology 

 for being so tardy in my reply to the former letter. It reached 

 me at Washington, while I was confined with a severe illness, 



II An indication of the time of this visit is given by the following 

 inscription written in the copy of the first volume of the Ornithological 

 Biography, which was presented to Cuvier at this time: 



To 



Baron G. Cuvier, 

 with the highest respect of the 

 author. 



Paris IT th. May, 1831. 



12 On Wednesday evening, July 27, 1831, Audubon sent the following 

 note to Mr. Harris: "Come to meet me tomorrow, precisely at twelve 

 o'clock, at our lodgings, 121 Great Portland street." 



3 For the perusal of this letter the reader is indebted, as in so many 

 other instances, to Mr. Ruthven Deane. 



