450 AUDUBON, THE NATURALIST 
M. Mertrie [McMurtie] of Philadelphia with a view of hav- 
ing the copy-right. 
I have distributed a part of your prospectuses, and shall do 
the same with the rest, in the manner that may seem most likely 
to promote your interest. I regret to say, that I have not yet 
been able to add another, to the list of your subscribers. 
You mention, in each of your letters, the little picture you 
were so kind, as to propose sending me. This alone leads me 
to say, that whenever it comes to hand, it will be most wel- 
come: but that, engaged as you are in laboring in the cause 
of science and of America, you must not feel obliged to con- 
sume one hour of your precious time at the sacrifice of those 
higher objects. 
I am happy to be able to say to you, that my health, though 
not wholly restored, is greatly improved, and that if you will 
continue to favor me with your commands, I will prove my- 
self, hereafter, a more punctual correspondent. 
I look forward with sincere pleasure, to the prospect of 
meeting you again, on this side of the Atlantic, and with my 
respectful compliments to Mrs. Audubon, I beg leave, dear sir, 
to tender you the assurance of my high respects, and with it 
my most friendly salutations. 
Epwarp Everstt. 
P. S. Since the foregoing was written, I have received your 
favor of the 23d. of April. I beg leave particularly to thank 
you for your kindness in reference to the picture. I shall 
prize it, not merely on account of its scientific value and beauty 
as a work of art, (both of which I feel assured it will be found 
to possess) but as a token of your friendly regard. It will 
give me great pleasure to furnish you any letters in my power, 
for your adventurous south western tour. These I shall have 
the pleasure of handing you, when we meet this side the 
water. 
You were elected in November last a fellow of the American 
Academy of Arts and Sciences, on the nomination which I had 
the honor to submit to that body. Owing to a change in the 
