1 8 Life of Auduhon. 



family, as English, and objectionable to one who had been 

 nurtured with -a hatred towards " perfidious Albion." The 

 very name of Englishman v;as odious to him, he tells us j 

 and even after his neighbor had called upon him, he was 

 uncivil enough to postpone his advances in return. Mrs. 

 Thomas, the tenant's wife at Mill Grove, with a woman's 

 desire to see what the issue might be, urged her young mas- 

 ter to visit the Bakewell family; but the more he was 

 urged the more hardened his heart appeared to be against 

 the stranger. 



The winter's frosts had set in. Audubon was follow- 

 ing some grouse down the creek, when suddenly he came 

 upon Mr. Bakewell, who at once dissipated the French- 

 man's prejudices by the discovery of kindred tastes. 

 Audubon writes : " I was struck with the kind politeness 

 of his manners, and found him a most expert marksman, 

 and entered into conversation. I admired the beauty of 

 his well-trained dogs, and finally promised to call upon 

 him and his family. Well do I recollect the morning, and 

 may it please God may I never forget it, when, for the first 

 time I entered the Bakewell household. It happened 

 that Mr. Bakewell was from home. I was shown into a 

 parlour, where only one young lady was snugly seated at 

 work, with her back turned towards the fire. She rose on 

 my entrance, ofiered me a seat, and assured me of the 

 gratification her father would feel on his return, which, 

 she added with a smile, would be in a few minutes, as she 

 would send a servant after him. Other ruddy cheeks 

 made their appearance, but like spirits gay, vanished from 

 my sight. Talking and working, the young lady w^ho 

 remained made the time pass pleasantly enough, and to 

 me especially so. It was she, my dear Lucy Bakewell, 

 who afterwards became my wife and the mother of my 

 children." 



Mr. Bakewell speedily returned, and Lucy attended to 



