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witli tlie most disinterested zeal for science, lie 

 at once generously presented Audubon with 

 every prize of ornithological discovery in his 

 possession, inscribing at the same time, in his 

 journal, all that related to the habits of the sev- 

 eral species. 



At Philadelphia, he anxiously sought access 

 to the scientific treasury of Townsend, inde- 

 fatigable in his endeavours to concentrate in his 

 own publication the fruits of all previous re- 

 search. As before, however, Philadelphia af- 

 forded him but little encouragement, many of 

 its inhabitants, though the self-styled lovers of 

 science, so far from assisting his efforts, objecting 

 even to his viewing the collection of Townsend, 

 as well as to his desire of incorporating its dis- 

 coveries with his own. 



Such opposition was the more uncalled for, 

 since it was entirely at variance with the wishes 

 of the possessor of the specimens in question, 

 who, absent at that time, afterwards evinced the 

 warmest desire to render his acquisitions of ser- 

 vice to Audubon, who, spite of all obstacles, at 

 length succeeded in his hopes regarding them. 

 From Philadelphia, he bent his course towards 

 Baltimore, and from thence to Charleston. While 

 here, he received the intelligence of his having 

 been elected a member of the Ornithological 

 Societv of London. 

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