84 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 
land. He wanted to renew and to im- 
prove about fifty of his drawings. Dur- 
ing this summer of 1828, he was very busy 
in London, painting, writing, and super- 
intending the colouring of his plates. 
Under date of August 9, he writes in 
his journal: ‘‘I have been at work from 
four every morning until dark ; I have 
kept up my large correspondence. My 
publication goes on well and regularly, 
and this very day seventy sets have been 
distributed, yet the number of my sub- 
scribers has not increased ; on the con- 
trary, I have lost some.’? He made the 
acquaintance of Swainson, and the two 
men found much companionship in each 
other, and had many long talks about 
birds: ‘‘ Why, Lucy, thou wouldst think 
that birds were all that we cared for 
in this world, but thou knowest this is 
not so.’’ 
Together he and Mr. and Mrs. Swain- 
son planned a trip to Paris, which they 
carried out early in September. It 
