JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 91 

 pletion of the work of his life, than did 

 Audubon to the finishing of his " Ameri- 

 can Ornithology." 



During this month Audubon left 

 Camden and turned his face toward 

 his wife and children, crossing the 

 mountains to Pittsburg in the mail 

 coach with his dog and gun, thence 

 down the Ohio in a steamboat to Louis- 

 ville, where he met his son Victor, 

 whom he had not seen for five years. 

 After a few days here with his two boys, 

 he started for Bayou Sara to see his wife. 

 Beaching Mr. Johnson's house in the 

 early morning, he went at once to his 

 wife's apartment : "Her door was ajar, 

 already she was dressed and sitting by 

 her piano, on which a young lady was 

 playing. I pronounced her name gently, 

 she saw me, and the next moment I held 

 her in - my arms. Her emotion was so 

 great I feared I had acted rashly, but 

 tears relieved our hearts, once more we 

 were together." 



