AUDUBON'S GREATEST TRIUMPH 189 



in the receiving of my parcel to you, and that on that account 

 my letter of Saturday last crossed yours of the same date. I 

 thank you for what you say as regards the balance in my favor 

 at Wright and Co. 



Does Henry sail from London Docks or from Portsmouth? 

 and pray what is the name of the Captain of the "Wellington"? 

 I do not precisely understand what you mean by the loose sets 

 which you desire to know how they should be packed .'' let me 

 hear what they are and how many of them by return of mail. 

 The five perfect sets I think might all go into one case, tinned 

 as usual and insured of course to the full amount of their value, 

 as well as aU others and to which I pray you to attend as if 

 for your own self. It is impossible for me to go to London at 

 present and indeed I cannot exactly tell when I will, and I trust 

 to you entirely for the seeing that all the volumes are fair and 

 good and passed through your own inspection of them before 

 they are packed. No volumes of Biographies must be put in 

 the same boxes. 



When you have disposed of your business, what will you do 

 with what you have on hand belonging to us? This requires 

 an answer from you at once. You have a great number of 

 volumes of Biographies, Pictures, &c. &c., a regular list of 

 which you ought to send me. I cannot yet say when the 5th 

 vol. of Biographies will be finished, but will let you know as 

 soon as I can. I received yesterday morning a letter from a 

 gentleman who has procured a copy of the work through Mr. 

 Eame the bookseller, he says that he has called upon you to say 

 that he is missing oTie plate and begs to have a copy of the 

 plate struck and remitted to Mr. Eame who will pay you what- 

 ever price the extra trouble on this account may amount to, but 

 he does not say what plate it is, and I therefor suppose that 

 you do? If so as he is the brother-in-law of Mr. Walker of 

 Ravensfield Park, one of our good subscribers I would say do 

 it for him! My wife begs of you to save all the loose prints 

 which were returned to you by our son Victor, as well as any 

 others whatever, perhaps among them you might find one to 

 send Mr. Eame's subscriber? 



