CHAPTER XX. 



PRESENT TO QUEEN VICTOKIA. 



I HAVE already alluded to the fine Grey Shanghaes 

 which I forwarded to Her Majesty the Queen. In relation 

 to this circumstance the Boston papers contained the fol- 

 lowing announcement, in the month of April, 1853 ; a cir- 

 cumstance which did not greatly retard the prospects of my 

 business either on this or on the other side of the water ! 

 The compliment thus paid me by Royalty was duly appre- 

 ciated, and its delicacy will be apparent to the reader. This 

 picture is the only one of its kind ever sent to an American 

 citizen. 



"A Compliment from Victoria. — Some weeks ago, 

 Mr. George P. Burnham, of Boston, forwarded to Her 

 Majesty Queen Victoria a present of some Grey Shang- 

 hae fowls, which have been greatly admired in England. 

 By the last steamer Mr. Burnham received the following 

 letter from Her Majesty's Secretary of the Privy Purse,^ 

 accompanying a fine portrait of the Queen, sent over to 

 Mr. B. : 



