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at one of the pins on his easel. This he smashed to 

 pieces, and afterward put a rifle bullet exactly through 

 the hole into which the pin fitted." 



The voyage up the Mississippi to Natchez appears to 

 have been without any circumstance of importance. 

 Under date March 24th, 1822, the naturalist records the 

 fact that he had arrived at Natchez. " I went ashore to 

 see after work — called on Mr. Quigley, who received me 

 cordially. I had prospects of an engagement with Mr. 

 Quaglass, a Portuguese gentleman, who wished me to 

 give lessons in drawing and music and French to his 

 daughter, thirteen years of age. I was received at his 

 house, and received a welcome from his wife. Mr. 

 Quaglass arrived at home in the evening, and his appear- 

 ance was by no means prepossessing. His small gray 

 eyes and corrugated brows did not afford me an oppor- 

 tunity of passing a favorable judgment. My time has 

 been mostly engaged in hunting, drawing, and attending 

 to my charge. I constantly regret the separation from 

 my family." 



Ere long he got an appointment to teach drawing in 

 the college at Washington, nine miles from Natchez. He 

 sent for his sons, and put them to school at Washington, 

 but was depressed in spirits because his work interfered 

 with his ornithological pursuits. 



" y^/y 8. Constant exposure in the tropical climate, 

 and the fatigue of my journeys to and from Washington, 

 brought on fever and a renewal of a certain kind doctor's 

 attendance, who not only would accept of no remunera- 

 tion, but actually insisted on my taking his purse to pay 

 for the expenses connected with the education of my sons. 

 Shortly afterwards I made an engagement with Mr. Bre- 

 vost to teach drawing in an academy just opened in 

 Natchez by that gentleman. But while work flowed upon 

 me, the hope of my completing my book upon the birds 



