JOHN BARTRAM 59 



I followed the sound, and, by ascending the stair- 

 case, found it was the effect of the wind through 



the strings of an Aeolian harp After 



dinner we quaffed an honest bottle of Madeira 

 wine .... and then returned to his study." 



Although he lived to be nearly 80, he had never 

 coveted an old age, fearing he would become use- 

 less to society. " I want to die " were his last 

 words, when a short illness bore him, still keen- 

 witted, to the grave. 



Memorials of John Bartrara and Humphry Marshall. William 

 Darlington. Philadelphia, 1849. 

 Medicina Britannica. 

 Biog. by Thomas Short. 

 Correspondence of Linnaeus. 

 The Botanists of Philadelphia. J. W. Harshberger. 



