OHAPTEE XX. 



Audubon leaves Philadelphia — Aeeival at New York — Meeting with 

 Joseph Buonaparte — Introduction to the New York Lyceum, and 

 Ebobption by the Members — Inquiries about the Publication of his 

 Volume on Birds, and Dismal Anticipations — Leaves New York, 

 AND Arrival at Albany — Visit to Niagara, and Extbaoedinary 

 Impressions — ^Passage in Schooner across Lake Erie — Storm, and 

 Rescue of Drawings — Adventures at Meadville — Arrival and Eb- 

 ception at Pittsburg. 



" Atigmt 1, 1824. I left Philadelphia for New York yesterday 

 at five o'clock in good health, free from debt and free from 

 anxiety about the future. On arriving at New York a cart 

 took our luggage to our lodgings, and about one hundred 

 passengers perched about us, as I have seen chimney swallows 

 perched on a roof before their morning flight. I felt happy 

 and comfortable in the city, and sauntered about admiring 

 its beautiful streets and landings. I found most of the parties 

 to whom I carried letters of introduction absent, and I already 

 began to regret leaving Philadelphia so hurriedly. I began to 

 consider whether I should visit Albany or Boston, in the hope 

 of improving my financial position. 



" August 2. Met Joseph Buonaparte, and his two daughters, 

 and his nephew, Charles, Prince of Oanino. Visited the museum 

 at New York, and found the specimens of stuffed birds set up in 

 unnatural and constrained attitudes. This appears to be the 

 universal practice, and the world owes to me the adoption of the 

 plan of drawing from animated nature. Wilson is the only one 

 who has in any tolerable degree adopted my plan. 



" August 3. Called on Vanderlyn, and was kindly received by 



