JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 25 

 so strong that his neighbours sent a con- 

 stable to him with a message to abate 

 the nuisance. 



Despairing of becoming successful bu- 

 siness men in either New York or Phila- 

 delphia, he and Eozier soon returned to 

 Mill Grove. During some of their com- 

 mercial enterprises they had visited 

 Kentucky and thought so well of the 

 outlook there that now their thoughts 

 turned thitherward. 



Here we get the first date from Audu- 

 bon ; on April 8, 1808, he and Lucy 

 Bakewell were married. The plantation 

 of Mill Grove had been previously sold, 

 and the money invested in goods with 

 which to open a store in Louisville, 

 Kentucky. The day after the marriage, 

 Audubon and his wife and Mr. Eozier 

 started on their journey. In crossing 

 the mountains to Pittsburg the coach in 

 which they were travelling upset, and 

 Mrs. Audubon was severely bruised. 

 From Pittsburg they floated down the 





