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likely to be obtained for you in Boston, would you 

 like Maria to draw for you ? Your second volume 

 promises to be an improvement upon the first. The 

 Brown Thrushes are superior to any thing I ever 

 saw in the shape of birds but you do not stand in 

 need of my praise ! 



Write and tell me whether you ever expect to 

 come to Charleston again that is, are you coming 

 next spring ? if not, I fear that I shall never see you 

 again. 



It is" becoming quite dark, and I suspect that you 

 will be glad to find me coming to a close. 



Your friend, J. B. 



To AUDUBON, at Boston. 



CHARLESTON, Oct. 26th, 1832. 

 My dear friend : Yours of the 15th inst. arrived 

 yesterday, and I cannot resist the temptation of an- 

 swering you immediately. In truth, I like to hear 

 from you. I wish to know what you are doing 

 what progress your work is making; and, whilst I 

 feel deeply interested for your fame, and the pros- 

 perity of a work, which 1 hope, will place the sci- 

 ence of Ornithology .in the United States on such 

 a footing, that there will be but little left for future 

 ornithologists to do, I also feel a particular inter- 

 est in your personal welfare, and that of all that be- 

 longs to you, I arn, therefore, under the impression, 

 that to hear from you, is to write to you and "nolens 

 volens," you will have to answer. Besides, I want to 

 see you once more to ascertain whether you have 

 stuck to your good resolutions, viz : never to swear, 

 (which is a vulgar practice for one who is conver- 

 sant with the most beautiful of God's works, the 

 feathered race,) and never to work on Sundays. 

 However, you are now under the tutorage of your 



