JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 119 
“(He further said that he sold 75 
copies in America, 26 in New York and 
24 in Boston; that the work cost him 
, £27,000 and that he lost $25,000 by it. 
‘He said that Louis Philippe offered 
to subscribe for 100 copies if he would 
publish the work in Paris. This he 
found could not be done, as it would 
have required 40 years to finish it as 
things were then in Paris. Of this con- 
versation I made a memorandum at the 
time which I read over to Mr. Audubon 
and he pronounced it correct. 
‘¢J. PRESCOTT HALL”? 
