To Be A Good Draftsman

If Only The Bird With The Loveliest Song Sang, The Forest Would Be A Lonely Place.

[drawing Should Be] A Journey Of Pleasure. Each Step Must Present To The Travellers' View Objects That Are Eminently Interesting, Varied In Their Appearances, And Attracting To Such A Degree As To Excite In Each Individual Thus Happily Employed The Desire Of Knowing All Respecting All He Sees.

The Nature Of The Place...whether High Or Low, Moist Or Dry, Whether Sloping North Or South, Or Bearing Tall Trees Or Low Shrubs...generally Gives Hint As To Its Inhabitants.

But Hopes Are Shy Birds Flying At A Great Distance, Seldom Reached By The Best Of Guns.

The Fur Company May Be Called The Exterminating Medium Of These Wild And Almost Uninhabitable Regions, Which Cupidity Or The Love Of Money Alone Would Induce Man To Venture Into. Where Can I Now Go And Find Nature Undisturbed?