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subjected him to delay and disappointment. 

 Wandering early and late, not a single one of 

 those he sought could he find at home ! Grad- 

 ually, however, through different mediums, his 

 aim was accomplished. An intimacy with Lord 

 Stanley led to his acquaintance with others of 

 the nobility. Soon he was elected member of 

 the Linnsean and Zoological Societies, and before 

 long artists, men of science, and professors, were 

 among the list of his subscribers. 



During 1828 he again visited Paris, where, 

 investigating the many objects of interest in the 

 great museum, enjoying intercourse with the il- 

 lustrious Cuvier and his enlightened guests, the 

 time, pleasantly and profitably spent, passed 

 quickly away. He returned to England for the 

 winter, and in 1829 sailed once more for his 

 native soil. Notwithstanding the gratifying re- 

 ception he had met with in Europe, the kindly 

 courtesy with which he had been welcomed, and 

 the honours with which he had been distinguished, 

 the charm of novelty and the excitement of gay 

 scenes, "with indescribable pleasure," he tells 

 us, "he watched the outspread wings of the first 

 American wanderer which hovered over the 

 waters, and joyfully leapt again upon the shores 

 of the New World. Scouring the woods with a 

 hunter's zeal he speedily traversed the middle 



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