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which I thought could be solved by either of them at a 

 glance. I answered in the affirmative, for I have seen 

 enough of them to know. 



February 4- I made a present to Bentley of the first 

 number of my work, and some loose prints for his brothers. 

 Then we went to Mr. Brookes, the surgeon, and saw his 

 immense and wonderful collection of anatomical subjects. 

 The man has spent about the same number of years at this 

 work as I have at my own, and now offers it for sale at 

 ;^ 1 0,000. I then called on Vigors and told him I wished 

 to name my new bird in No. 6 after him, and he expressed 

 himself well pleased. This evening I took my portfolio to 

 Soho Square and entered the rooms of the Linnaean So- 

 ciety, where I found I was the first arrival. I examined the 

 various specimens till others came in. The meeting was 

 called to order, and I was shortly after elected a member; 

 my drawings were examined, and more than one told me 

 it was a sad thing they were so little known in London. 



February 7. Havell brought me the sets he owed me 

 for 1827, and I paid him in full. Either through him or 

 Mr. Lizars I have met with a loss of nearly ;^I00, for I am 

 charged for fifty numbers more than can be accounted for 

 by my agents or myself. This seems strange always to me, 

 that people cannot be honest, but I must bring myself to 

 believe many are not, from my own experiences. My 

 evening was spent in Bruton Street, at the Zoological So- 

 ciety rooms, where Lord Stanley accompanied me, with 

 Lord Auckland and good old General Hardwicke, and my 

 portfolio was again opened and my work discussed. 



February 10. This morning I took one of my drawings 

 from my portfolio and began to copy it, and intend to 

 finish it in better style. It is the White-headed Eagle 

 which I drew on the Mississippi some years ago, feeding 

 on a Wild Goose; now I shall make it breakfast on a Cat- 

 fish, the drawing of which is also with me, with the marks 

 of the talons of another Eagle, which I disturbed on the 



