66 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 

 I was a candidate for the electorate of 

 the society, I felt very uncomfortable 

 and would gladly have been hunting on 

 Tawapatee Bottom.' 7 



It may be worth while now to see what 

 Scott thought of Audubon. Under the 

 same date, Sir Walter writes in his jour- 

 nal as follows: "January 22, 1827. A 

 visit from Basil Hall, with Mr. Audu- 

 bon, the ornithologist, who has followed 

 the pursuit by many a long wandering 

 in the American forests. He is an 

 American by naturalisation, a French- 

 man by birth ; but less of a Frenchman 

 than I have ever seen no dust or glim- 

 mer, or shine about him, but great sim- 

 plicity of manners and behaviour ; slight 

 in person and plainly dressed j wears 

 long hair, which time has not yet tinged ; 

 his countenance acute, handsome, and 

 interesting, but still simplicity is the 

 predominant characteristic. I wish I 

 had gone to see his drawings ; but I had 

 heard so much about them that I re- 



