Fear not my connecting myself in any way with Charles M. he is a mere worm on the hearth, and since he has abandoned his _Grand Flora_ is out of my books—it has perhaps been an error in our Lives that thou didst not come with me. So much indeed do I now think so that I have advised Capn Hall to take his Lady and child with him. be sure to pave the way for them to Judge Mathews and N. Berthoud to whom I have given him letters to.—I send thee his Travels, read his interview with Napoleon; I write my Journal every day, it seems that that portion of it forwardd thee long ago as never reachd thee as thou dost not mention it. I am sorry for all these little misfortunes and can hardly a/c for them. I have not heard from H. Clay but will refresh his memory, I hope at the same time to receive a Letter from the President==I hope this day the last beautiful broach I sent thee as a new Years gift is shining on thy bosom, as I have witnessed the brightness of thy own sweet Eyes, oh my Lucy what would I give now in my possession for a kiss on thy Lips and——God for ever bless thee thine Husband and Friend for ever— JOHN J. AUDUBON F.R.S.E. Fellow Royal Society Edinburgh— F.A.S.— Fellow Royal Society antiquarians— M.W.S.N.H.—Member Wernerian Society of Natural History M.S.A.— Member Society of Arts of Scotland— M.P.L.S.— Member Philosophical & Literary Society Liverpool M.L.N.Y.— Member Lyceum of New York. MY DEAR JOHN— I am very thankfull to you for your Letters continue to write from time to time, draw, and study music closely, there is time for all things—I give you my Gun with all my Heart best wishes, but earn it at your Dear Mamma's will—God bless You— Your Father and Friend— JOHN J. AUDUBON At Edinburgh Audubon met a young landscape painter, Joseph B. Kidd, and the two worked together for some time, Kidd receiving instruction in animal painting and Audubon hints on the treatment of his landscapes, which had always been a source of trouble to him. Kidd was Audubon's Edinburgh agent for a time, and later entered upon the ambitious project of reproducing all of his birds in oils, as will be noticed later.[339]