CHAPTER XI. 



VISIT TO EUROPE. 



ARDUOUS DUTIES BROKEN HEALTH LETTER TO VESTRY ASKING 

 LEAVE OF ABSENCE FAREWELL SERMON RECEPTION AT LON- 

 DON BY AUDUBON DIAGNOSIS OF CASE BY EMINENT LONDON 

 PHYSICIANS JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND IN COMPANY WITH 

 AUDUBON JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN TRAVEL SWITZERLAND 

 DER BODENSEE LAKE CONSTANCE GERMANY SOCIETY OF 

 NATURALISTS AT FREYBURG BERLIN--HUMBOLDT PARIS 

 RETURN OF UNFAVORABLE SYMPTOMS LONDON VISIT TO 

 EARL OF DERBY ELECTED FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT OF 

 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, LONDON LETTER FROM JOHN E. GRAY, 

 (NATURALIST) FAMILY LETTERS RETURN DOUBLE UNION 

 BETWEEN THE FAMILIES OF BACHMAN AND AUDUBON. 



SHORT excursions into the country, with daily 

 exercise on horseback, partially restored the 

 health of the Pastor of " St. John's." 



During the Summer and Fall of this year, (1836), 

 Strangers' Fever became an epidemic in Charleston, 

 and his strength was taxed to the utmost, day and 

 night. In the Winter following, a destructive fire 

 swept over the city, leaving many of his flock home- 

 less and in poverty. Full of active sympathy, he 

 exerted himself far beyond his strength, in collect- 

 ing and distributing alms to the most destitute. It 

 was said of him, " He was a father to the poor ;" "and 

 when the ear heard him then it blessed him" But 



