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of my business here, whilst I am procuring fresh speci- 

 mens. I intend next year positively to keep a cash 

 account with myself and others, — a thing I have never yet 

 done. 



October 23. I visited Mr. Lizars first, and found him 

 as usual at work; he received me well, and asked me 

 to dine with him. I was sorry to learn that Lady Ellen 

 Hall and W. H. Williams had withdrawn their subscrip- 

 tions, therefore I must exert myself the more. 



October 27. Anxious to appoint an agent at Edinburgh, 

 I sent for Mr. Daniel Lizars the bookseller, and made 

 him an offer which he has accepted; I urged him not 

 to lose a moment in forwarding the numbers which have 

 been lying too long at his brother's ; many small matters 

 have had to be arranged, but now I believe all is settled. 

 W. H. Lizars saw the plates of No. 3, and admired them 

 much; called his workmen, and observed to them that 

 the London artists beat them completely. He brought 

 his account, and I paid him in full. I think he regrets 

 now that he decided to give my work up ; for I was 

 glad to hear him say that should I think well to intrust 

 him with a portion of it, it should be done as well as 

 Havell's, and the plates delivered in London at the same 

 price. If he can fall twenty-seven pounds in the engrav- 

 ing of each number, and do them in superior style to 

 his previous work, how enormous must his profits have 

 been; good lesson this for me in the time to come, 

 though I must remember Havell is more reasonable 

 owing to what has passed between us in our business 

 arrangements, and the fact that he owes so much to 

 me.i I have made many calls, and been kindly wel- 

 comed at every house. The " Courant " and the " Scotch- 

 man " have honored me with fine encomiums on my work. 



1 When found by Audubon the Havells were in extreme poverty. He 

 provided everything for them, and his publication made them compara- 

 tively wealthy. 



