X CONTENTS. 



PAOS 



Audubon's experience of an Earthquake 34 



Terror of his Horse 34 



Earthquake at a Wedding 36 



Disturbed Slumbers 36 



The Whip-poor- Will 37 



Noiseless Flight 37 



Sings long after Sunset. 38 



Resumes its Song at Early Dawn 38 



The Chuck-Will's-Widow 38 



An Inhabitant of Warm Climates 39 



Habits of the Chuck- Will's- Widow 39 



Its Song 40 



Its Wooing 41 



CHAPTER IV. 



Kentucky Sports 42 



Habits of early Settlers 43 



Capacious Flat boats 44 



Conflicts with Indians 44 



Kentucky Feat of " Driving the Nail" 45 



" Barking a Squirrel" 45 



" Snuffing the Candle" 45 



Hurricanes 46 



Destructive Effects ... 47 



Audubon and Daniel Boone 48 



Boone's Account of his Capture by Indians 49 



A Strange Visitor 61 



" An odd Fish" 52 



M. Thouville, the Naturalist 62 



Personal appearance of Thouville 53 



His Enthusiasm 64 



Nocturnal Uproar 65 



Sanguinary Contest with Bats , 66 



Thouville preserves Specimens 66 



