page [28] 4 Jul 1901 (seq. 30)

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Salem, N.Y.
1901
July 4

The mercury dropped last night and early this
morning it was 62°, risen to 84° in the afternoon
Clear in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon.
As on yesterday we spent most of the day in
the house for the sun was very hot after
breakfast. I am glad to be so much in the
house. I forgot to mention in my sketch of
yesterday that in the dining room in another
sketch of John Audubon by Cruikshank who
inscribed on the back "to the merriest com-
panion I even knew." Miss Audubon says
her father was always full of humor.
In the hall is a very large oil painting
made by an artist at the order of King
Geroge III of England. The painting was made
in India of an Indian Rajah of high rank
and as King George did not pay for it, it
was finally offered for sale and bought by
J.J. Audubon who admired it. On each
side of the picture hangs a pistol inlaid
with Indian work given him in Texas.
I have compared the originals of Audubon
on the lower floor with the illustrations in
Audubon & Bachman's Quadrupeds of {North} America.
The Black Rat, Wolverine , Canada lynx
& Wild bat works of the grandfather
John J. Audubon.

I walked with Miss Florence to the
Post Office this morning and saw the
Hand Steam Fire Engine.