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pounds for birds ! Why, sir, I will give you five pounds, and 

 not a farthing more !" ' Representations were made to him of 

 the magnificence and expense of the work, and how pleased his 

 Baroness and wealthy children would be to have a copy; but 

 the great financier was unrelenting. The copy of the work 

 was actually sent back to Mr. Havell's shop, and as I found 

 that instituting legal proceedings against him would cost more 

 than it would come to, I kept the work, and afterwards sold 

 it to a man with less money but a nobler heart. What a dis- 

 tance there is between two such men as Baron Rothschild of 

 London and the merchant of Savannah! 



