x Contents. 



Rain Excursions on Shore Hut of a Labrador Seal-Catch- 

 er Great Macatine Islands Officers' Bivouac Ashore. 323 



CHAPTER XXX. 

 Labrador Episodes : The Squatters of Labrador. . 351 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



NDtes on Labrador Gulf of St. Lawrence St. George's Bay, 

 Newfoundland Land on Ruy's Island Wanderings Over- 

 land Pictou Truro and the Bay of Fundy Arrival at 

 Halifax, Nova Scotia Arrival at New York. . 359 



CHAPTER XXXTT. 



Journal Resumed Washington Irving Wanderings South 

 Florida Excursion Abandoned Returns North Sails for 

 England Visit to Baron Rothschild Removal to Edinburgh 

 Return to London Embarks with much Live Stock to 

 New York Notes by the Way. ... .376 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



In America Philadelphia Boston Friends and Birds Meet- 

 ing with Daniel Webster Back to New York Social Meet- 

 ings Washington Two Letters of Washington Irving 

 Interview with the President Proposed Scientific Expedi- 

 tion. .... . . 386 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



Excursion South Starts in Cutter for Galveston Bay, Texas 

 Barataria Bay Great Hunting Excursion with a Squatter 

 Notes in Texas Buffalo Bayou Texas Capitol and 

 Houses of Congress Reaches New Orleans In England 

 Again Literary Labors Back to America. . 400 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



Excursion to the Great Western Prairies Up the Missouri Riv- 

 er Pictures The Mandans The " Medicine Lodge" 

 Ricaree Indians Fort Union Buffalo Hunt Small- Pox 

 among the Indians Return to New York. . 417 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 



Audubon's Last Days His Habits Love of Music Description 

 of Audubon Park His Library and Studio Visitors Ex- 

 hibition of Drawings Mental Gloaming Loss of Sight 

 The Naturalist's Death and Funeral. ... 435 



