38 IN THE DAYS OF AUDUBON 



but a prophecy had gone forth from Mill Grove that the 

 young bridegroom would become a naturalist. Nothing 

 helps one like good prophecies — words of appreciation 

 build. 



He says of his April wedding journey: 



" We floated down the Ohio in a flatboat. "We had 

 many goods, and opened a large store in Louisville, but birds 

 were birds then as now, and my thoughts were ever turning 

 toward them as my greatest delight." 



In 1809 Victor Audubon was born, who would as a 

 boy become his father's companion in the woods, and later 

 in life complete his father's work. 



