CONTENTS OF VOLUME II 



CHAPTER XXVI 



Explorations in Florida and the South Atlantic 



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Obituary published in London on day of his arrival in New York — As- 

 sistance from the Government — John Bachman becomes his friend 

 — Winter in Charleston — His folios as gifts — To Florida with two 

 assistants — Letters to Featherstonhaugh — St. Augustine — Misad- 

 ventures in the mud of East Florida — Audubon on Florida's fu- 

 ture — At the sources of the St. John's — Aboard the Marion — 

 Return from Key West — A merchant of Savannah — Disbanding of 

 party at Charleston 1 



CHAPTER XXVII 



Eastern Visit and Explorations in the North Atlantic 



Bachman's success as a canvasser— Boston visit — Journey to Portland — 

 Ascent of the St. John — Return overland — Victor Audubon be- 

 comes his father's agent — Winter in Boston — The Golden Eagle — 

 Stricken with illness — Expedition to Labrador planned — Ameri- 

 can support — Sails from Eastport with five assistants — Discoveries 

 and adventures on the Labrador — Safe return — Another winter in 

 Charleston — Sued for old debts — Experience with vultures — Advice 

 and instruction to a son — Working habits — Return to England . 26 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



Thorns on the Rose 



Contributions to magazines — Attacked in Philadelphia — Statement to 

 Sully — The rattlesnake episode — Behavior of a Philadelphia editor 

 — Mistaken identity in account of the reptile— Lesson of the ser- 

 pent's tooth — Audubon's long lost lily rediscovered— "Nosarians 

 and Anti-Nosarians" — Bachman and Audubon on vultures — Aim of 

 the critics — Authorship in the Biography — His most persistent 

 heckler — Pitfall of analogy 67 



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