142 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 

 door. It appeared that his host in pass- 

 ing thought he heard Audubon call to 

 him to ask for something : " I told him 

 I prayed aloud every night, as had been 

 my habit from a child at my mother's 

 knees in Nantes. He said nothing for 

 a moment, then again wished me good 

 night and was gone." 



Audubon belonged to the early history 

 of the country, to the pioneer times, to 

 the South and the West, and was, on the 

 whole, one of the most winsome, inter- 

 esting, and picturesque characters that 

 have ever appeared in our annals. 



