xii CONTENTS. 
Timely Warning.......0:cccccccrecccccscccenene- 
Imminent Danger.......ccceeccecssecesccesscccees 
Opportune Arrival of Friends. ......ssseceeeeeseeere 
Hospitality of Backwoodsmen......ceseceesecseeess 
An Lucident.........6 eee eee eee ee 
Rough Travelling. .......cccecesesecceccrecsovecce 
Interior of a Log Cabin... ....csce cece eeeseeesceces 
Hearty Hospitality of the Inmates..........se-see08 
Far-fetched Cider......+.essseecccec-ccccccccccenes 
CHAPTER VIL 
Audubon in Philadelphia, in 1824......ceseecccscess 
As yet unaware of future Success. .......seeeeeeseeee 
Is introduced to Charles Lucien Bonaparte.......+..- 
By him urged to Publication. .......+cseeceseeceees 
Doubts and Hesitation... ......ecccccccecccnccenece 
Rearranges his Drawings.......se.scerececccecceses 
Determines to continue his Explorations..........++. 
The Great PineSwamp....scccsescccccecccscccsecs 
Audubon in Upper Canada........esceccccceccerocs 
Replenishes his Purse by taking Portraits............ 
Returns to his Family in Louisiania........+eceesees 
Luxuriant Vegetation of Louisiana....... .eeseseeeee 
The Louisiana Thrushes......ecescccecseccccccccces 
Privations attendant on his Pursuits... ....essseece 
Cheered by the Song of Birds.......0.lcevecerevens 
Habits of the Wood Thrush. ......cccseesecenccees 
Its Antipathy to the Raccoon. .......ssesecesceeeeee 
Peculiarities of the Mocking Bird.........eeceseceee 
Its Young destroyed by Snakes.......-..ceeeeeecees 
The Humming Bird. ......... cecccenccenccecccvces 
Tts brilliant Plumage. ....... secccne soececevccces 
Rapid Flight. .... ccc cceescesecesenecceeccccecces 
Whole Structure adapted for Flight.......s.esceeee- 
