42 IN THE DAYS OF AUDUBON 



painting a great work and selling it by personal subscrip- 

 tions. We do not know but Audubon followed this 

 method. 



It is often the case that two people who are entire 

 strangers to each other are found to be pursuing the same 

 studies in a new field. Wilson did a noble work as a nat- 

 uralist, but he was surpassed by the " American wood- 

 man " whom he met at Louisville. Each had the genius of 

 the woods, and heard in the songs of birds divine music 

 and the true beating of nature's heart. 



