88 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 



On November 9, lie is back in Lon- 

 don, and soon busy painting, and press- 

 ing forward the engraving and colouring 

 of his work. The eleventh number was 

 the first for the year 1829. 



The winter was largely taken up in 

 getting ready for his return trip to 

 America. He found a suitable agent to 

 look after his interests, collected some 

 money, paid all his debts, and on April 

 1 sailed from Portsmouth in the packet 

 ship Columbia. He was sea-sick during 

 the entire voyage, and reached New 

 York May 5. He did not hasten to 

 his family as would have been quite 

 natural after so long an absence, but 

 spent the summer and part of the fall 

 in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, prose- 

 cuting his studies and drawings of birds, 

 making his headquarters in Camden, New 

 Jersey. He spent six weeks in the Great 

 Pine Forest, and much time at Great 

 Egg Harbor, and has given delightful 

 accounts of these trips in his journals. 



