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CHAPTER XIII. 



rpHE Scottish capital, above all other cities, 

 -^ seems to have been associated by Audubon 

 with pleasant and grateful recollections. 



He had wandered among the exquisite scenes 

 of the highlands, delighted with the natural 

 beauties of this northern land, where, as an 

 additional charm, dwelt not a few of his warmest 

 admirers and steadfast friends. The most affect- 

 ionate testimony appears in his "Biography," 

 to the kindness and assistance received from 

 them, in various ways, and a special tribute of 

 thanks is offered to Dr. Argyle Robertson, as 

 well as to Mr. William Macgillivray, whose 

 talents Audubon acknowledges to have been of 

 the most important service to him in the pro- 

 duction of his great work. 



Nor was a less earnest remembrance of Au- 

 dubon retained by his friends, numbering among 

 them Christopher North, whose pages contain 

 the following happy delineation of an evening 

 spent with the great naturalist : — * 



* Noctes Ambrosianae. 



