184 AUDUBON THE NATUKALIST. 



his work. The liberality and kindness of this 

 excellent man is recorded with the warmest 

 eulogy by Audubon^ who gratefully makes men- 

 tion of his services, together with those received 

 from his excellent friends, Dr. Argyle Eobertson, 

 Dr. Koscoe, and Dr. Carswell. 



The courtesies of acquaintance between Mr. 

 Philips and Audubon soon ripened into in- 

 timacy, and many an instance occurred which 

 proved to the naturalist, not only the worth of 

 his friend's attachment, but the value of his en- 

 lightenment, experience, and superior medical 

 skill. Audubon^s situation at the time, more- 

 over, caused him to receive, as well as to re- 

 member, with especial gratitude, the generous 

 assistance which it was in the power of his friend, 

 by unremitting professional attention, to afford. 

 Thus assured of an unceasing watchfulness during 

 his absence, over the delicate condition of his 

 wife^s health, he was enabled to leave the Eng- 

 lish shores with a peaceful assurance of heart, to 

 which he would otherwise have been a stranger. 



In August, therefore, (1836,) he proceeded on 

 his voyage. Lingering at Philadelphia, he had 

 the gratification of meeting Nuttall, distinguished 

 alike for his acquirements in zoology, botany, 

 and mineralogy, who arrived at the city from his 

 recent excursion over the Rocky Mountains to 

 the Pacific, during Audubon's stay. Endowed 



