180 John Bachman. 



at you and our clear Ria, as you talk over the 

 old times. I want to see little Lucy. Susan R. R. 

 sends her love. I heard her say to her aunt, 

 Mrs. R., that you played on the guitar and sang de- 

 lightfully ; and that Ria, with all her accomplish- 

 ments, knitted father's socks. Tell Ria the shawl 

 she knitted for me has been greatly admired. Write 

 soon, we are all anxious to hear from you. 



Your loving sister, HARRIET. 



To AUDUBON : 



CHARLESTON, September 13th, 1839. 



"I congratulate you all on your safe arrival, in 

 spite of storms, calms, and hurricane. But after 

 this, don't speak of the tardy progress of Charleston 

 Packets. I beat you both ways, and had pleasant 

 passages withal. The voyage from England to 

 America, along the Northern coast, is seldom as 

 pleasant, and never much shorter than the Southern 

 course, especially in winter. We sailed to Latitude 

 20, and then took the trade winds, and it reminded 

 me of sailing on a mill pond so smooth was the 

 water. 



I am sorry to hear that you have not been quite 

 well ; as we get to be old boys, aches and pains will 

 come. Let us both agree not to complain. My 

 health has greatly improved, and my family are all 

 W ell. * * * *" * 



I am glad that you are about to do something 

 with regard to the " Small Edition of Birds." But 

 are you not a little fast in issuing your prospectus 

 of The Birds and Quadrupeds, without having num- 

 bers of both works, by which the public can judge 

 of their merits? My idea, in regard to the latter, is 

 that you should carefully get up, in your best style, 

 a volume about the size of "Holbrook's Reptiles" 



