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On this tour I shall be accompanied by my youngest son, while 

 the rest of my family will remain in Britain, to direct the pro- 

 gress of my publication. 



In concluding these prefatory remarks, I have to inform 

 you that one of the tail-pieces in my second volume, entitled 

 " A Moose Hunt," was communicated to me by my young friend 

 Thomas Lincoln of Dennisville in Maine ; and that it was 

 at his particular request, and much against my wishes, that his 

 name was not mentioned at the time. I have now, however, 

 judged it proper to make this statement, 



JOHN J. AUDUBON. 



Edinburgh, 1st December 1835. 



