APPENDIX, 



THE following Letters form an Appendix to the Memoir of Waterton, 

 and to his Natural History Essays. The Letters have been selected 

 from an extensive series. That to Professor Jameson was originally 

 published as a pamphlet j a few of the others were written to various 

 periodicals ; the remainder were not written with a view to publica- 

 tion. [ED.] 



To the Misses Edtnonstone. 



My dear Eliza and Helen, As your stay will now be short, per- 

 haps you will not care much about seeing me. My presence here is 

 much required j for the wall is a most tough job, and requires a good 

 deal of planning. We have had to pile a part of the foundation. 

 We began laying it on Monday last. Our potatoes are the best this 

 year I ever tasted. I know nothing about Eliza's poultry, saving 

 that " t' oud sew " has worried some hens. 



The teal, wigeons, pochards, and mallards have made their ap- 

 pearance. All is going on here very gingerly. Tommy Pussy has 

 evidently shied me at meal times. I account for it in this way. 

 Cats like meat, not meal. Now I prefer meal to meat ; and when 

 you take into consideration that the potatoes are very mealy, one 

 ought not to be surprised that Tommy gets his dinner elsewhere. 

 He came in here last night after tea. He said things were not now 

 as they used to be. He missed the urn j he could smell no game ; 

 there was no tray in at night ; and he thought there was no need of 

 having the window so wide open. He complained, moreover, that 

 nobody came to visit us not even Fathers Bird and Speakman. I 



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