CHAPTER IX. 



Audubon Sails frotn New Orleans for England on board the Delos — 

 Incidents of the Voyage — Ariival at Liverpool — Liverpool 

 Friends — Drawings Exhibited by desire in the Royal Institution 

 — Visit to Majichester — Opetiing of Subscription-book for great 

 Work — Edinburgh — Drawings exhibited at the Royal Itjstitu- 

 tion. 



\PRIL 26t/i, 1826. I left my wife and son at 

 Bayou Sara for New Orleans on my way to 

 England, and engaged a passage to Liverpool 

 on board the ship Delos, The vessel did not sail as 

 soon as expected, and I was necessarily delayed at New 

 Orleans. I obtained several letters of introduction from 

 persons in New Orleans to friends in England, and one 

 from Governor Johnson of Louisiana with the seal of 

 the State on it, which saved me the trouble of getting a 

 passport. 



" On the 19th of May the steam-tug Hercules towed 

 the Delos out to sea, and with light winds we pursued 

 our voyage. The time was pleasantly spent shooting 

 birds and catching dolphins and sharks, from which I 

 made frequent sketches. 



" May 2^. Had Mothei Carey's chickens following 

 us, and desired to get one of the beautiful birds as they 

 swept past, pattering the water with their feet, and 

 returning after long ranges for scraps of oil and fat 

 floated astern. I dropped one with my gun, and the 

 captain kindly ordered a boat to be lowered to recover 

 the shot bird. I examined the bird and found it to be a 

 female. 



