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one of our four species of swallow has made its appearance. Proof 

 positive, one would think, that none of those birds take up their 

 winter quarters with us. I wish that you were here to see my 

 cherished denizens within the park walls. The herons, owls, kestrels, 

 crows, magpies, jackdaws, rooks, and jays, are enjoying them- 

 selves in perfect security, and are never broken in upon by the law- 

 less rabble of a manufacturing district. By the way, when will your 

 cruel civil war cease ? It is playing the hangman with our cotton 

 lords, who, before it broke out, fancied themselves to be beyond, far 

 beyond, any kind of misfortune. They are now pretty well humbled : 

 and they will be still more humbled. Who pities them ? We are all 

 in pretty good health. Should you see or write to Titian Peale, make 

 my kindest remembrance to him. Eliza and Helen send their love 

 to their dear old friend, whom they long to see. Believe me, ever 

 sincerely yours, CHARLES WATERTON. 



A Letter to Robert Jameson, Esq., Regius Prof essor of Natural History; 

 Lecturer on Mineralogy and Keeper of the Museum in the Uni- 

 versity of Edinburgh; Fellow of the Royal Societies of London 

 and Edinburgh; of the Antiquarian, Wernerian, and Horti- 

 cultural Societies of Edinburgh ; Honorary Member of the Royal 

 Irish Academy, and of the Royal Dublin Society; Fellow of the 

 Linnean and Geological Societies of London, <&c., &c. 



"O Candour! whither art thou fled? Certainly not to Walton Hall." 

 Jamesoris Journal, Jan. 1835. 



Sir, If it be any satisfaction to you, I beg to inform you that I 

 feel the full force of your apostrophe. You have aimed a severe 

 blow at me, which I did not expect from you ; nor do I think I have 

 deserved it, as I am not aware that in all my life I have ever written 

 or spoken one unfriendly word against you. Too often it happens 

 that many a poor humble bee is trodden under foot which never 

 stung the passing traveller. Through Audubon you have aimed a 

 blow at me ; through Audubon I will level a shaft at you in my turn, 

 with aim so just and true, that it will be utterly out of your power to 



