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and distribute the letters gratis. Fifty went to London and twenty- 

 five to Edinburgh yesterday. 



Now, my dear friend, if you can procure authentic information 

 relative to Audubon before he first came to England, in addition to 

 what you have already sent me in your most VALUABLE letters, pray 

 lose no time in doing so. I care nothing about his ornithology ; 

 your most masterly critique on his pretended Bird of Washington, 

 together with my own knowledge of ornithology, will enable me to 

 castigate him in proper style. But what I want particularly to know, 

 and to be quite certain of, is this. In what towns did he keep shop 

 after his marriage, and how many years did he remain in those 

 towns ? You see my drift. Jameson informs us that he spent (I 

 think) twenty-two years in the forests to study the habits of birds. 

 Now I find by Audubon's own account, that he was at Henderson 

 for several years, and at Louisville, where he talks of his counting- 

 house. 



I shall send you from time to time due information of my pro- 

 ceedings. Master Jameson little knows with whom he has to deal ; 

 still, had he read Loudon, one would think he ought, in common 

 prudence, to have hesitated before he threw the first stone. Pray 

 write as often as you can. Your letters are invaluable. Eliza, and 

 Helen, and Father Morris, who was here yesterday, send their 

 kindest regards. Believe me, my dear friend, ever sincerely yours, 



CHARLES WATERTON. 



To the Same. 



WALTON HALL, July 3, 1835. 



My dear Friend, I have now before me your two most welcome 

 letters of April 15 and May 15. I am much obliged to you for 

 your information concerning Peak's opinion of the Bird of Washing- 

 ton. I am reading your letter now, and will comment upon it as I 

 go on. You have made a little mistake about Rembrandt Peale's 

 picture of Washington. The picture which I inquired about was not 

 his original, but his copy, which he had with him in this country ; 

 and I was anxious to know if he had sold it in England. I believe 



