



CHAPTER VIII. 



4uduhon reaches Philadelphia — Intyoductioii to Stdly the Painter — 

 Introduction to the Prince of Conino — A Gigantic Engraver — 

 Meetings with Rosier and yoseph Mason — Visit to Mill Grove 

 and Fatland — A noble Gift — Audubon leaves Philadelphia 

 — Arrival at New York — Meeting with Joseph Bonaparte — 

 Leaves New York, aitd arrives at Albaiiy — Visit to Niagara — 

 A Voyage down the Ohio to the South — Arrival at Cincinnati 

 -r- Voyage to Bayou Sara — Meeting Mrs. Audubon — Turns 

 Da7icing-master. 



UDUBON reached Philadelphia on April 5, 

 1824. The journey to that city was undertaken 

 as a desperate venture to obtain help to com- 

 plete his ornithological work, and he was soon satisfied 

 that the venture would be successful. 



" I purchased a new suit of clothes, and dressed my- 

 self with extreme neatness ; after which I called upon Dr. 

 Mease, an old friend. I was received with kindness, 

 and was introduced to a gentleman named Earle, who ex- 

 hibited my drawings. I was also introduced to several 

 artists, who paid me pleasant attentions, and I also ob- 

 tained entrance to the Philadelphia Athenaeum and Phil- 

 osophical Library. I was fortunate in obtaining an in- 

 troduction to the portrait-painter, Sully, a man after my 

 own heart, and who showed me great kindnesses. He 

 was a beautiful singer, and an artist whose hints and ad- 

 vice were of great service to me. I afterwards saw Sully 

 in London, where he was painting a portrait of the Queen 

 of England, and had an opportunity of returning his kind- 

 nesses. 



