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uproar in our quiet domicile, as we know that when 

 you arrive, his expressions of joy will be rather 

 boisterous. 



When you are seated by a comfortable fire in our 

 little study, I shall show you something that will 

 prove to you, that, though absent, you were not for- 

 gotten by your friend, John Bachman. 



I do not wonder at the satisfaction of your sub- 

 scribers with your Third Volume, it is, indeed splen- 

 did ! You must be merciful to me, and excuse me 

 for having done so little for you in the painting line, 

 I hope soon, to assist you. When you are here, I 

 will be quite at vour disposal I will be your aman- 

 uensis, painter or any thing else that will be an 

 assistance to you ; not forgetting the darning of socks, 

 which you know was my employment on a former 

 occasion, during the absence of your good wife. My 

 sister, and all the young folks send their love. 



Accept, my dear friend, the assurance of the 

 warmest regards of 



Your affectionate friend, M. M. 



P. S. Dear Audubon I have notheaid that any 

 persons recently arrived here, have taken Cholera, I 

 doubt if you and John would be subjects for it. I 

 believe that this letter will not reach you at the 

 North and I hope that you will come ahead of it. 



Have you the common House Wren? if not order 

 it, and let us compare it with ours now here, which 

 may be your Wood Wren; I am anxious about this 

 matter. I wrote you at Baltimore and shall proba- 

 bly not write again. 



These are awful times in money matters, but of 

 this, you will hear enough when we meet. Every 

 one, nearly, has failed, but the Parsons and Ornitho- 

 logists Why? Because they have nothing where- 

 with to fail. In haste, Your friend, J. B. 



