CHAPTER XL 



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 B\^ 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- 



SH(JRT 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 jwor ;" "and 

 ivJien tJie ear heard him tlien it blessed him.'' But 



