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to London, where he was presented with a di- 

 ploma from the Eoyal Society. In addition, he 

 received a general letter of recommendation to the 

 authorities in the British Colonies from the Duke 

 of Sussex, with many of a similar nature from 

 Lord Stanley and others. 



In August he proceeded a second time to the 

 United States, and landed at New York, where 

 he passed a few days before proceeding to Phil- 

 adelphia. 



Everywhere he was received with honours and 

 courtesies. Subscriptions and diplomas were 

 lavished upon him, and at Washington he was 

 presented by the government with numerous 

 letters of assistance and protection along the 

 fi-ontier, which it was his intention to visit. 

 After a visit to Charleston, he sailed for Florida, 

 where he wintered during 1831. 



In that fertile and beautiful country, where 

 the naturalist may luxuriate midst the rare 

 abundance of curious and interesting objects, 

 with which it is endowed,^ Audubon willingly 

 loitered. While sojourning there, many im- 

 portant additions to his collection were made. 

 Wandering on the beach, fenced by its beautiful 

 coral, stretching like a giant wall along the 

 shore, he could at leisure contemplate rising 

 from the clear depths of the water, its curious 

 inhabitants glittering in a thousand richly span- 



