JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 117 

 his new republic. Our talk was short : 

 but the impression which was made on 

 my mind at the time by himself, his offi- 

 cers, and his place of abode, can never 

 be forgotten." 



Late in the summer of 1837, Audu- 

 bon, with his son John and his new wife 

 the daughter of Dr. Bachman, re- 

 turned to England for the last time. He 

 finally settled down again in Edinburgh 

 and prepared the fourth volume of 

 his "Ornithological Biography." This 

 work seems to have occupied him a year. 

 The volume was published in November, 

 1838. More drawings for his " Birds of 

 America ' > were finished the next winter, 

 and also the fifth volume of the " Biogra- 

 phy > ' which was published in May, 1839. 



In the fall of that year the family 

 returned to America and settled in 

 New York City, at 86 White street. 

 His great work, the " Birds of America," 

 had been practically completed, incredi- 

 ble difficulties had been surmounted, and 



