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he had received fourteen subscribers to his work 

 in Paris, araono^ whom were tlie Ex-king 

 Charles X, the French king, Louis Phih*ppe,and 

 his Queen, the Prince de Messina, Baron Cuvier, 

 I and the French Institute. 



, On the 27th February, 1829, Mr Audubon 

 wrote to Mr Kidd, informing him, that he 

 contemplated returning to America, for the 

 double purpose of bringing his wife to England, 



I and also of refreshing a few of his drawings. 

 In this, and a subsequent letter of the 13th 

 March, he expressed a strong desire that Mr 

 Kidd would accompany him to the United 

 States, which Mr Kidd, however, declined, 

 and he set sail himself in the Columbia on 

 the 1st April, and remained absent about a 

 year, wlien he returned to this country with 

 Mrs Audubon. 



The irresistible impulses of his nature again 

 dictated another visit to his native wildernesses, 

 for the purpose of making, if possible, fresh 

 discoveries in the feathered creation. He 

 accordingly set sail on the 1st August, 1831. 



In this last visit to his native land he seems 

 to have been received with much higher marks 

 of respect than before, and has procured several 

 new subscribers to his work. The lS!ew York 

 Mirror of the 20th April, 1833, informs us, 

 that he was at tliat time in New York exhibiting 

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