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 Audubon was compelled to dismiss her 

 school and go to nurse them. They both 

 recovered, and, in October (1823), set 

 out for Louisville, making part of the 

 journey on foot. The following winter 

 was passed at Shipping Port, near Louis- 

 ville, where Audubon painted birds, 

 landscapes, portraits and even signs. In 

 March he left Shipping Port for Phila- 

 delphia, leaving his son Victor in the 

 counting house of a Mr. Berthoud. He 

 reached Philadelphia on April 5, and re- 

 mained there till the following August, 

 studying painting, exhibiting his birds, 

 making many new acquaintances, among 

 them Charles Lucien Bonaparte, giving 

 lessons in drawing at thirty dollars per 

 month, all the time casting wistful eyes 

 toward Europe, whither he hoped soon 

 to be able to go with his drawings. In 

 July he made a pilgrimage to Mill Grove 

 where he had passed so many happy 

 years. The sight of the old familiar 

 scenes filled him with the deepest emo- 

 tions. 



