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food and poor attire, always in debt, but he had 

 drawn his birds ; and now the money was actually 

 in his hands, whereby he could, perhaps, "be 

 known in Europe." And Lucy Audubon had made 

 it possible ! 



He had gained much by his trials. He had 

 learned what most of us take a life-time to learn, 

 patience ; not to speak harshly when others are 

 harsh. He said, " To repay evils with kindness is 

 the religion I was taught to practise, and this will 

 forever be my rule." He had learned that much 

 in life is trivial, that most things are " not matters 

 of life and death ; " little worries come to all, and 

 can be borne the momentous things of life are 

 really few. 



April 26, 1826, Audubon sailed for England. 

 Arriving at Liverpool, he was able to arrange for 

 the display of his drawings at the Liverpool 

 Exhibition. The entrance fee was one shilling, 

 and the receipts were from fifteen to twenty dollars 

 a ' day. Surely fame was coming at last. Lord 

 Stanley spent five hours in examining the collec- 

 tion, and said, " This work is unique, and deserves 

 the patronage of the Crown." He invited Audu- 

 bon to visit him at his town house in Grosvenor 

 Square. The naturalist made portraits of various 

 friends who were desirous of obtaining specimens 

 of his drawing. From the exhibition of his 

 pictures in Liverpool he realized five hundred 

 dollars. 



From this city he went to Manchester, and from 



