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 him to continue his journeys. He could 

 sleep on a steamer's deck, with a few 

 shavings for a bed, and, wrapped in a 

 blanket, look up at the starlit sky, and 

 give thanks to a Providence that he 

 believed was ever guarding and guiding 

 him. 



Early in September he left for Pitts- 

 burg where he spent one month scouring 

 the country for birds and continuing his 

 drawings. In October, he was on his 

 way down the Ohio in a skiff, in com- 

 pany with "a doctor, an artist and 

 an Irishman." The weather was rainy, 

 and at Wheeling his companions left the 

 boat in disgust. He sold his skiff and 

 continued his voyage to Cincinnati in a 

 keel boat. Here he obtained a loan of 

 fifteen dollars and took deck passage on a 

 boat to Louisville, going thence to Ship- 

 ping Port to see his son Victor. In a 

 few days he was off for Bayou Sara to 

 see his wife, and with a plan to open a 

 school there. 



