86 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 



iant and sparkling j nose aquiline, large 

 and red ; mouth large with good lips ; 

 teeth few, blunted by age, excepting one 

 on the lower jaw, measuring nearly three- 

 quarters of an inch square." The italics 

 are not Audubon's. The great natu- 

 ralist invited his callers to dine with him 

 at six on the next Saturday. 



They next presented their letter to 

 Geoffroy de St. Hilaire, with whom 

 they were particularly pleased. Neither 

 had he ever heard of Audubon's work. 

 The dinner with Cuvier gave him a 

 nearer view of the manners and habits 

 of the great man. ' ' There was not the 

 show of opulence at this dinner that is 

 seen in the same rank of life in Eng- 

 land, no, not by far, but it was a good 

 dinner served a la Frangaise." Neither 

 was it followed by the " drinking 

 matches ? 7 of wine, so common at Eng- 

 lish tables. 



During his stay in Paris Audubon 

 saw much of Cuvier, and was very 



