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crazy Randolph.^ Much is unknown about our country, 

 and yet all are deeply interested in it. To-morrow I am 

 off to Liverpool again ; how much I shall enjoy being once 

 again with the charming Rathbones. 



Green Bank, near Liverpool, September 28. At five this 

 morning I left Manchester and its smoke behind me ; but 

 I left there the labors of about ten years of my life, fully 

 one half of my collection. The ride was a wet one, heavy 

 rain falling continuously. I was warmly welcomed by my 

 good Liverpool friends, and though completely drenched 

 I felt it not, so glad was I to be in Liverpool again. My 

 being here is soon explained. I felt it best to see Dr. 

 Traill and Mr. Roscoe, and I dined with the latter; we 

 talked of Manchester and our friends there, and Mr. 

 Roscoe thought well of the subscription book. From 

 here to Green Bank, where I am literally at home. Mr. 

 Rathbone and Mr. Roscoe will both aid me in the drawing 

 up of a prospectus for my work. 



Green Bank, September 29. It rained during the night 

 and all the early portion of the day. I breakfasted early, 

 and at half-past nine Mr. Rathbone and I drove in the 

 gig to Mrs. Wm. S. Roscoe.^ After a little conversation 

 we decided nothing could be done about the prospectus 

 without more definite knowledge of what the cost of pub- 

 hcation would be, and I was again referred to Dr. Traill. 

 It happened that here I met a Mr. Bohn, from London, 

 not a publisher, but a bookseller with an immense es- 

 tablishment, two hundred thousand volumes as a regular 

 stock. He advised me to proceed at once to London, 

 meet the principal naturalists of the day, and through 

 them to see the best engravers, colorists, printers, paper- 

 merchants, etc., and thus form some idea of the cost; 

 then to proceed to Paris, Brussels, and possibly Berlin, 



1 John Randolph of Roanoke, 1773-1833, American orator and states- 

 man. 



"^ William S. Roscoe, son of William Roscoe, 1781-1843. 



