62 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 

 More, Miss Edgeworth, and your dis- 

 tinguished cousin, Robert Bake well." 

 Mark his courtesy to his wife in this 

 gracious mention of her relative a 

 courtesy which never forsook him a 

 courtesy which goes far toward retaining 

 any woman's affection. 



His paintings were put on exhibition 

 in the rooms of the Eoyal Institution, an 

 admittance of one shilling being charged. 

 From this source he soon realised a 

 hundred pounds. 



He then goes to Edinburgh, carrying 

 letters of introduction to many well 

 known literary and scientific men, among 

 them Francis Jeffrey and " Christopher 

 North." 



Professor Jameson, the Scotch natural- 

 ist, received him coldly, and told him, 

 among other things, that there was no 

 chance of his seeing Sir Walter Scott 

 he was too busy. "Not see Sir Walter 

 Scott?" thoughtl ; "ISHALL, iflhaveto 

 crawl on all fours for a mile." On his 



