CONTENTS 



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Preface ▼ 



CHAPTER I. 



Aspects of the New World 1 



Magnificent Forests 1 



Splendid Plumage of Birds 2 



Boundless Prairies 2 



Interminable Rivers 2 



Snow-covered Wilds 3 



Crags and Cliffs of the St. Lawrence 3 



Genial Soil of Louisiana , 4 



The El Dorado of the Naturalist 4 



Audubon, the Genius of the Woods 4 



Eis early Devotion to the Study of Nature 5 



Disappointments and Difficulties 5 



Burns hundreds of his Early Sketches 6 



Is sent to France to be Educated 6 



Has David for his Master 6 



Has no taste for other than Natural Subjects 7 



Unwearied in the Study of Creation 7 



Returns to the Woods of the New World 7 



Resumes his early Studies - 7 



His " Birds of America" a work of unequalled magnifi- 

 cence 7 



Unremitting exertions amid Privation and Danger 7 



