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opportunity, I shall send you the new birds and 

 drawings. Nuttall will not be attacked from the 

 South, I hope. It seems to me that he might greatly 

 improve his second volume by holding frequent 

 conversations with you, and he might add, in an 

 appendix, such land birds as you have described, 

 and he has omitted. I have found a few new species 

 of plants that I should like to submit to him. Oh, 

 what an enjoyment it would be for me to escape, 

 just for one week, from the hydra-headed, " Nullifi- 

 cation/' and sit by your side and talk of birds ! 



Your friend, J. B. 



