JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 105 

 started upon another southern trip, paus- 

 ing at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash- 

 ington, and Eichmond. In Washington 

 he made some attempts to obtain per- 

 mission to accompany a proposed expe- 

 dition to the Eocky Mountains, under 

 Government patronage. But the cold 

 and curt manner in which Cass, then 

 Secretary of War, received his appli- 

 cation, quite disheartened him. But he 

 presently met Washington Irving, whose 

 friendly face and cheering words revived 

 his spirits. How one would like a picture 

 of that meeting in Washington between 

 Audubon and Irving two men who in 

 so many ways were kindred spirits. 



Charleston, South Carolina, was 

 reached late in October, and at the 

 home of their friend Bachman the Au- 

 dubons seem to have passed the most of 

 the winter of 1833-4: "My time was 

 well employed ; I hunted for new birds 

 or searched for more knowledge of old. 

 I drew, I wrote many long pages. I ob- 



