62 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 
More, Miss Edgeworth, and your dis- 
tinguished cousin, Robert Bakewell.’ 
Mark his courtesy to his wife in this 
gracious mention of her relative—a 
courtesy which never forsook him —a 
courtesy which goes far toward retaining 
any woman’s affection. 
His paintings were put on exhibition 
in the rooms of the Royal Institution, an 
admittance of one shilling being charged. 
From this source he soon realised a 
hundred pounds. : 
He then went to Edinburgh, carrying 
letters of introduction to many well 
known literary and scientific men, among 
them Francis Jeffrey and ‘‘ Christopher 
North.’’ 
Professor Jameson, the Scotch natural- 
ist, received him coldly, and told him, 
among other things, that there was no 
chance of his seeing Sir Walter Scott — 
he was too busy. ‘‘ Not see Sir Walter 
Scott ?’’ thought I; ‘‘IsHALt, if I have to 
crawl on all fours for a mile.’’ On his 
