260 John Backman. 



Bachman, to cheer him when he is old, and the 

 grasshopper has become a burden. 



Now, dear Jane, I must stop the others know 

 more gossip, and their letters will be more interest- 

 ing than mine. I only write to show you that you 

 are in all my thoughts, and in my prayers. I am 

 living only for my duty to God, and for my child- 

 ren's happiness when all goes well with them my 

 mind is at peace. 



May God watch over my dear daughters, and may 

 we soon meet again in health and with grateful 

 hearts. 



Tell L. to guess which of the daughters will 

 receive the next letter from, 



Your affectionate father, 



J. BACHMAN. 

 To V. G. AUDUBON: 



CHARLESTON, October 20th, 1848. 



My dear Victor In regard to plate No. 30, 1 can- 

 not give a name until I am certain that no one has 

 named it before me. 



No. 1. Pouched Eat from Georgia. 



This animal was described in the New York Med- 

 ical Eepositary, January 1821 Get and copy the 

 description for me. I will send you by to-morrow's 

 steamer a living one. I have had it all Summer : it 

 is a gentle and most pleasant companion of mine, 

 eating from my hand, and looking at and seeming to 

 talk with me. If John cannot figure the one he has 

 already, he must try his hand on this, but don't 

 kill my pet, if you can avoid it. I take it out by 

 the tail and hold it in my hand, and it has never at- 

 tempted to bite me. You perceive it has a naked 

 tail. If Mitchell's animal has a short naked tail, 

 then we must give this fellow a new name. * * 



You have, I think, specimens of both the Southern 



