JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 19 

 to consult with his father. Da Costa 

 gave him a letter of credit on a sort of 

 banker-broker residing in New York. 

 To New York he accordingly went, as 

 above stated, and found that the banker- 

 broker was in the plot to pack him off 

 to India. This disclosure kindled his 

 wrath afresh. He says that had he 

 had a weapon about him the banker's 

 heart must have received the result of 

 his wrath. His Spanish blood began to 

 declare itself. 



Then he sought out a brother of Mr. 

 Bakewell and the uncle of his sweet- 

 heart, and of him borrowed the money 

 to take him to France. He took pas- 

 sage on a New Bedford brig bound for 

 Nantes. The captain had recently been 

 married and when the vessel reached 

 the vicinity of New Bedford, he discov- 

 ered some dangerous leaks which neces- 

 sitated a week's delay to repair damages. 

 Audubon avers that the captain had 

 caused holes to be bored in the vessel's 



