Contents. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Affliction. 



Death of Mrs. Bachniaii— Letters to the Family— Let- 

 ters to Audubon 



CHAPTER XV. 



Father and Daughter. 



245 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Professor and Students. 



Depression of Spirits — Revival of Hope — Narrow Es- 

 eape from Loss of Eyesight — Letters to Victor 

 Audubon while Publishing Quadrupeds of North 

 America — Agassiz — Attends a ]Meeting of General 

 Synod, Convened at Xew York^ — Visits Audubon — 

 Letter from Hon. Mitchell King— Elected to Chair 

 of Natural History in Charleston College— Anec- 

 dotes 265 



CHAPTER XVn. 

 His Second MxVrriage. 



Health Fails — Sojourn at Madison Springs — Visit from 

 Victor Audubon— Letter to Edward Harris— Quad- 

 rupeds of North America— His Part in the Work 282 



CHAPTER XVni. 

 Letters and .Journeys. 



1852— Letter on Education of Daughters— Visit to Eu- 

 faula— A Letter of Invitation to the North— The 

 Invitation Accepted -Tour of the Great Lakes— 

 Jared P. Kirtland, M. I) 294 



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