25G John Bachman. 



are full of the melody of singing birds. There are 

 not less than twenty wood-robins, whose notes can 

 be heard in this vicinity. A red-breast has built a 

 nest in the cherry-tree, near the piazza ; the pee-wee 

 is building close by, and the robins have found a 

 home here. I, too, would willingly linger, but I 

 must be on the wing. Day after to-morrow I expect 

 to take the girls with me to New York, during the 

 meeting of Synod. I want them to see a little of 

 this great city. 



I am working away among the Quadrupeds ; 

 and, if I had nothing else to do, could spend a month 

 here with great satisfaction; but as it is, time is 

 passing, and I must soon turn my face homewards. 

 I do not yet know if the girls will decide to return 

 with me. 



Mrs. Audubon is going into the city maid-hunt- 

 ing, to-morrow morning, and I shall send this letter 

 by her to be posted. 



Tell Master John Bachman (Haskell), that these 

 little folk, of all sizes, sit and play all day in my 

 room, and do not touch the specimens ; if my little 

 restless, roaring, tearing dog was here, he would 

 make the fur fly, as well as the heads and the tails. 

 All send love to Aunt Maria, and to the girls and 

 boys. 



Your affectionate father, J. B. 



The two sons of Audubon were both united in 

 marriage a second time; John, to Miss Caroline 

 Hall, of England ; and Victor, to Miss Georgiana 

 Mallory, of New York. 



The first born of these marriages were daughters. 

 John Audubon's daughter, at baptism, was named, 

 Maria R.; and Victor's, Mary Eliza. The heart of the 



