238 AUDUBON, THE NATURALIST 



and there was something in it, partly derived from the aquiline 

 nose and partly from the shutting of the mouth, which made 

 you think of the imperial eagle. 



His greeting, as he entered, was at once frank and cordial, 

 and showed you the sincere and true man. "How kind it is," 

 he said with a slight French accent, and in a pensive tone, "to 

 come and see me ; and how wise, too, to leave that crazy city !" 

 He then shook me warmly by the hand. "Do you know," he 

 continued, "how I wonder that men can consent to swelter and 

 fret their lives away amid those hot bricks and pestilent vapors, 

 when the woods and fields are all so near?" 



When writing in 1845, Godwin gave further inti- 

 mations of the naturalist's appearance: "His forehead 

 [was] high, arched, and unclouded ;■. the hairs of the 

 brow prominent, particularly at the root of the nose, 

 which was long and aquiline ; chin prominent, and mouth 

 characterized by energy and determination. The eyes 

 were deep-gray, set deeply in the head, and as restless 

 as the glance of an eagle." 



