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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



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AQASSIZ ASSOCIATON' 



Established 1875 Incorporated, Massachusetts, 1892 Incorporated, Connecticut, 1J»1« 



An AA Chapter with Audubon's 

 Granddaughter. 



Louisville. Ky. 

 To the AA: 



A few members of the L. G. H. S. 

 Chapter of the AA recently had an in- 

 teresting time at the home of Miss 



they like their name pronounced in the 

 French fashion. 



Miss Audubon talked of the old 

 home in Henderson, Ky., and of the life 

 of Audubon both there and in Louis- 

 ville where he was in business for so 

 many years, a business, by the way. 



AN AA CHAPTER WITH AUDUBON'S GRANDDAUGHTKR. 



Harriet Audubon, the granddaughter 

 of the famous ornithologist. Miss Au- 

 dubon is an honorary member of our 

 Chapter. She talked about her grand- 

 father in a way to make him live for 

 us, for although she was young when 

 he died she recalls him vividly. Some 

 French lessons he once gave her she 

 will never forget, she said. The family 

 are proud of their French origin and 



for which he had little taste. One good 

 part of it, however, lay in trips to the 

 East which led through the wilds of 

 Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. 

 On these trips he pursued his real vo- 

 cation W'hich was to study birds in 

 their haunts and make records of bird 

 life. Often he endured the hardships 

 of little to eat, no rest at night, and the 

 real dangers of pioneer days. But he 



