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My application to the Matanzas has been success- 

 ful a gentleman went forty miles, and procured 

 the nest and two fresh eggs of the Flamingo. The 

 eggs are white, the size of that of the goose. I shall 

 send one of them to you, and the other to friend 

 Brewer. I have a pair of young ones on the way, 

 in order to ascertain the time required to bring the 

 bird to full plumage. 



My good A\ T ife's health has failed somewhat, since 

 you left us I trust that it is only temporary ; the rest 

 are quite well. I must say, that the children are 

 obedient, and very studious. Eliza is drawing, and 

 devouring French Books. 



I am multiplying pigeons of various kinds ; they 

 now amount to nearly one hundred. Our love and 

 best respects to Mrs. Audubon, and love to John and 

 Maria. 



Your friend, J. B. 



To Mrs. BACHMAN : 



BALTIMORE, May 25th, 1837. 



My Dear Harriet : Although I only wrote this 

 morning on board of the steamboat ; }^et, as I shall 

 probably have but little time for some days to come, 

 I write you again while I am resting from the 

 fatigues of a very unpleasant day. I shall just go 

 on at random, and write down any thing that may 

 occur to me, that may, perhaps, amuse you ; trying 

 to avoid a repetition of what I have said this morn- 

 ing. 



In going to a new place, or to any old one, which 

 we have almost forgotten, a thousand new thoughts 

 come into the mind, and we are able to draw com- 

 parisons, and are furnished with facts for specula- 

 tions and theories. But I did not intend to moral- 

 ize, only to have a good-natured chat. * * * * 



