384 T^ife of Audiihon. 



ical Biography," which contains five hundred and eighty- 

 five pages of closely-printed matter, is dated December 

 1st, 1834 ; and that in just one year from that date, the 

 third volume, containing six hundred and thirty-eight 

 pages, was printed and published. 



In the summer of 1836 lie removed his family to 

 London, and ha\'ing settled them in Wimpole-street, Cav- 

 endish Square, he again made his preparations to return 

 to America, and make the excursion into some of the 

 southern States, which he had been contemplating for a 

 long time, for the purpose of increasing the new varieties 

 of birds for his great work. 



y^uly 30, 1836, the journal begins, saying that Mr. 

 Audubon left London that day with his son John for 

 Portsmouth, where he arrived the next day, and took pas- 

 sage on board the packet-ship Gladiator, for New York. 



'■^August I. Somewhat before the setting of the sun 

 we went on board, ate and drank, and laid ourselves down 

 in those floating catacombs, vulgarly called berths. When 

 the Gladiator left St. Katharine's Dock she had on our 

 account two hundred and sixty live birds, three dogs re- 

 ceived as a present from our noble friend, the Earl of 

 Derby, and a brace of tailless cats from our friend George 

 Thackery, D. D., provost of King's College. They had 

 been on board several days, and seemed not to have re- 

 ceived much care, and some of the birds had died. But 

 the dogs and some of the birds were alive, and crossed 

 the Atlantic safely. 



August 2. About five this afternoon the anchor was 

 apeak, several new persons were hoisted on deck, our 

 sails were spread to the breeze, and the Gladiator 

 smoothly glided on her course. The passengers were a 

 fair average as to agreeability, and among them was Wal- 

 lack the actor, who amused us with some admirable puns. 

 The voyage was prosperous, and the time passed pleas- 



