32 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 



Wilson's account of this meeting is in 

 curious contrast to that of Audubon. 

 It is meagre and unsatisfactory. Under 

 date of March 19, he writes in his diary 

 at Louisville: "Bambled around the 

 town with my gun. Examined Mr. 



's [ Audubon' s] drawings in crayons 



very good. Saw two new birds he 

 had, both Motatillae." 



"March 21. Went out this afternoon 

 shooting with Mr. A. Saw a number of 

 Sandhill cranes. Pigeons numerous. 7 ' 



Finally, in winding up the record of 

 his visit to Louisville, he says, with pal- 

 pable inconsistency, not to say falsehood, 

 that he did not receive one act of civil- 

 ity there, nor see one new bird, and 

 found no naturalist to keep him com- 

 pany. 



Some years afterward, Audubon hunted 

 him up in Philadelphia, and found him 

 drawing a white headed eagle. He was 

 civil, and showed Audubon some atten- 

 tion, but l i spoke not of birds or draw- 

 ings." 



