PIONEERS OF SCIENCE IN AMERICA. 



was needed to convince the landlord of the hotel that he was 

 a suitable subject for entertainment, but it seems to have been 

 satisfactory. Christopher North says of him in the Noctes 

 Ambrosianae, as he appeared at Edinburgh : " The man himself 

 is just what you would expect from his productions ; full of 

 fine enthusiasm and intelligence, most interesting in his looks 

 and manners, a perfect gentleman, and esteemed by all who 

 know him for the simplicity and frankness of his nature." 



In an address delivered on the unveiling of the monument 

 to Audubon, Prof. Thomas Egleston has said of him : " He was 

 a woodsman, not a scientific naturalist, according to the ideas 

 prevalent to-day. He loved to go into the forests and watch 

 the creatures that dwelt among the leafy lanes and thickets ; 

 to study the birds in their time of love-making, nesting, and 

 migration, and to draw their forms upon the canvas. But of 

 books he was no student ; of the intricate scientific details of 

 his mighty subject he was unconcerned and indifferent ; suffi- 

 cient for him it was to learn where and how his feathered 

 friends lived and moved, and to produce their portraits." 



