280 John Bachman. 



near the light-house and another at Beaufort. They 

 were both taken. One I saw alive, but the man 

 who seized him, gave him an unlucky blow, of 

 which he subsequently died. I described him to- 

 day, and regret exceedingly that you were not here 

 to figure him. It is admirably set up at the college. 

 I really wish we had a decent figure of this rare and 

 most extraordinary animal. It has four legs, a tail 

 thickly clothed with soft, glossy hair, and is as much 

 a quadruped as the Otter. What folly it would 

 have been not to have given the Seals we might as 

 well have omitted the Deer or the Bear. 



I give now a report of the family. Immediately 

 after you left, Haskell was taken quite sick a man. 

 is an impatient patient grumbling and fretting. To- 

 day he is down stairs, but looks as though he had 

 been drawn through an auger hole. 



C. has run a needle into her leg it happened 

 a week ago, and the doctor cannot reach it. She 

 limps very much, but bears it cheerfully. At noon 

 my son W , leaves for his farm at Waulesa, Ga. 



All join me in love to you, and all wish you 

 abundant success in procuring subscribers at 

 Marion. We are glad that you have done something 

 in Savannah, and trust that Augusta and Columbia, 

 will use you as well. 



April 9th. Will you not return to New York by 

 the way of Charleston and sail from here, take a 

 manuscript volume in your pocket, and four hun- 

 dred good and true names on your list. * 



The people have found out that I am no longer 

 writing a Book, and they pounce on me morning, 

 noon and night. I have arranged all the bats but 

 one, and am writing descriptions of their habits, 

 etc. I have nearly finished, in fact. 



They bring me word that I have another grand- 

 child. It is not christened yet (H. E. II.), but is a 



