166 AUDUBON, THE NATURALIST 
appears to be satisfied; he is about to send some teas that you 
have ordered from him. It has grieved me much to see him 
send a boat to Nantes, and not consigned to you, but his rea- 
sons were, I believe, so sound that I did not dare remonstrate. 
The agents of the house of Rossel and Boudet paid him the 
2/3 of the invoice, or a draft upon London for an equivalent 
sum, that neither Ferdinand nor I were authorized to do; the 
latter is at Philadelphia. In a short time we are leaving for 
a voyage upon the Ohio, the details of which you will learn 
[from him], or from my father, and which I believe will be 
very advantageous to us. We hope to sell Mill Grove this 
autumn, which we shall do, however, only at a profit. We 
received this morning a letter from Mr. Fleury Emery, who 
urges Mr. B. B. to give him some shipments, but regarding 
this I do not know his intentions. I have also received a letter 
to-day from our friend, Fd, who is quite well, and longs to be 
doing something. 
Mr. Emery advises me of the receipt of a little box of seeds 
for my father and you. I think that your gardens are now 
embellished with foreign trees. 
Mr. B. B. is loading tea for you, a thing that gives me 
much pleasure. I am sending you a letter from Ferdinand that 
I received yesterday. Presenting you as well as your whole 
amiable family with humble respects, 
I continue to be 
your faithful servant, 
AUDUBON. 
My regards, I pray to you, to my cousin, the younger. 
Audubon’s loyalty to his kind-hearted employer is 
evident in every one of these amiable letters, yet it is 
plain that they were written upon his own initiative, and 
a merchant of today might seriously object to such a 
candid exposition of his dealings as young Audubon’s 
friendly epistles occasionally revealed. 
