CHAPTER XIIL 

 Lights and Shadows. 



Degree of doctor of philosophy conferred — elected to 

 various scientific and literary societies in europe 



AND AMERICA — ST. JOHN'S CHURCH COLONIZES — LETTERS TO 

 AUDUBON ON HIS RETURN FROM ROCKY MOUNTAINS— QUAD- 

 RUPEDS OP NORTH AMERICA — VISIT TO AUDUBON— HIS DAUGH- 

 TER JULIA — JOY AT THE BIRTH OF HIS FIRST GRANDSON — 

 FAMILY LETTERS. 



To Audubon : 



Charleston, August, 1842. 



" My Dear Friend : I have just returned from a 

 visit to the country, where I have left Mrs. Bach- 

 man for the benefit of her health. T have a season 

 ticket on the railroad, and, on my weekh' visits, I 

 do much of my writing on Natural History. The 

 moment the clock strikes four I am up, and soon at 

 work. From this hour until seven, I have no inter- 

 ruptions. I hope in this way to steal time to write 

 about Q\tadnipc(h. When I get fairly under way, as 

 I am now, I am not very easily diverted from the 

 object before me, and nothing but ill health or do- 

 mestic affliction will ket^p me back." 



J. B. 



His love for Nature in all her forms made these 

 days of recreation fruitful to others, as well as health - 

 giving to himself. Wherever he went, his pupils 



