CONTENTS. XI 



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Attempts the Passage of a Cane Brake 56 



Sudden Appearance of a Bear 67 



Thunder Storm and Retreat.* 67 



Disappearance of De Thouville 68 



CHAPTER V. 



Audubon's Commercial Pursuits 59 



Trading Voyage on the Upper Mississippi 59 



First sight of the " Bird of Washington" 59 



Its Nest on Inaccessible Cliffs 60 



Its mode of taking Fish 61 



Wild Mississippi Scenery 61 



Vast Forests — Fairy Islands 62 



Curious Nest of the Oriole 63 



Architectural capacity of Birds 64 



Nest of the Tailor Bird 65 



Flight of the Baltimore Oriole 65 



Its Song 65 



Beautiful Plumage 65 



The Umbrella Bird 66 



Wolf Island 66 



The Pirate Mason 66 



The Regulators 67 



The Pirate Mason Shot 68 



CHAPTER VI. 



Audubon's Return from the Mississippi 69 



Prairie Solitudes 69 



Meg Merrilies of the Woods 70 



Wounded Indian 70 



Unwilling Hospitalities 71 



Intended Treachery 72 



