278 John Bachnian. 



been flying to immortality on the wings of wood- 

 peckers and other birds, you may be unwilling to 

 submit to the slow process of riding thither on the 

 back of a Marmot Squirrel. But you must endure 

 it, as I was compelled to do, when a shabby fellow 

 in the back country, who had never seen me, walked 

 some miles to show me a dirty little urchin, with- 

 out shoes and stockings, hat or clean face, whom he 

 had named John Bachman. Now what do you know 

 of the history of this little name-sake of yours ? 

 AVhere was it procured, and did it live in communi- 

 ties like the rest of its species ? I see it has cheek- 

 pouches. 



Mrs. Bachman and Victor join me in kind re- 

 membrances to you and to Mrs. Harris. 



In March, Victor Audubon, previous to his return 

 to New York, visited Savannah and Augusta, Ga. 



In a sketch of Audubon's life, contained in a 

 Northern journal, we read this sentence, in reference 

 to " The Quadrupeds of North America" : " Dr. Bach- 

 man, of Charleston, helped in the coinpllatlon of this 

 work." 



We insert the following letter of introduction, 

 which we find in Dr. Bachman's hand-writmg ; it 

 tells us the part he took in the letter-press of '' The 

 (Quadrupeds of North America." The inscription 

 of the letter is wanting. It was written to a friend 

 residing in Savannah, Ga. 



Charleston, March 2oth, 1852. 



My Dear Sir : My son-in-law, Victor G. Audubon, 

 is on a rapid visit to the South, and has a week or 

 two to spare, which he is desirous of devoting to the 



