110 JOHN JAMES ATJDUBON 

 to London, where he settled his family 

 in Cavendish Square, and in July, 

 with his son John, took passage at 

 Portsmouth for New York, desiring to 

 explore more thoroughly the southern 

 states for new material for his work. 

 On his arrival in New York, Audubon, 

 to his deep mortification, found that all 

 his books, papers, and valuable and curi- 

 ous things, which he had collected both 

 at home and abroad, had been destroyed 

 in the great fire in New York, in 1835. 



In September he spent some time in 

 Boston where he met Brewer and Nut- 

 tall, and made the acquaintance of Daniel 

 Webster, Judge Story, and others. 



Writing to his son in England, at 

 this time, admonishing him to carry on 

 the work, should he himself be taken 

 away prematurely, he advises him thus : 

 " Should you deem it wise to remove 

 the publication of the work to this coun- 

 try, I advise you to settle in Boston ; I 

 have faith in the Bostonians." 



