. Audubon and his journals [microform]. Birds; Zoology; Oiseaux; Zoologie. 126 A UDUBON forty drawings and packed them ready for removal. Now for the concert. It was six o'clock and raining when I left for Fountain Street, where already carriages had accumu- lated to a great number. I presented my ticket, and was dsked to write my name and residence, for this is not exactly a public affair, but most select; so I am told. The room is full of red, white, blue, and green turbans well fitted to the handsome heads of the ladies. I went to one side where my ear and my intellect might be well satisfi
. Audubon and his journals [microform]. Birds; Zoology; Oiseaux; Zoologie. 126 A UDUBON forty drawings and packed them ready for removal. Now for the concert. It was six o'clock and raining when I left for Fountain Street, where already carriages had accumu- lated to a great number. I presented my ticket, and was dsked to write my name and residence, for this is not exactly a public affair, but most select; so I am told. The room is full of red, white, blue, and green turbans well fitted to the handsome heads of the ladies. I went to one side where my ear and my intellect might be well satisfied, and where I should not be noticed; but it would not do, my long hair and unfashionable garments were observed far more than was agreeable to me. But the music soon began, and I forgot all else for the time; still between the various performances I felt myself gazed at through lor- gnettes, and was most ill at ease. I have passed many un- comfortable evenings in company, and this one may be added. Quarry Bank, September 26. Whilst putting up my pictures in my newly granted " apartment" I received a note from Mrs. Gregg inviting me here for the night to meet Professor Smyth.^ He is a tall, fine-looking gentle- man from Cambridge, full of knowledge, good taste, and kindness. At dinner the Professor sat opposite the Woodsman, and America was largely the topic of conver- sation. One evening spent with people such as these is worth a hundred fashionable ones. Wednesday, September 27. It is a strange atmosphere, warm, damp, rainy, then fair again, all in less than two hours, which was the time consumed by my early walk. On my return soon after eight I found four of the ladies all drawing in the library; that in this country is generally the sitting-room. At about ten we had breakfast, when we talked much of duels, and of my friend Clay '^ and 1 William Smyth, 1766-1849, poet, scholar, and Professor of Modern History at Cambridge. 2 Henry Clay. era; and o/Tt agafj Gf morn
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