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Audubon’s experience of an Earthquake........ ess. 34 
Terror of his Horse........eecescccceccccccccccees 84 
Earthquake at a Wedding......cecesccnccccacccoees 86 
Disturbed Slumbers.......cccccccesccccscccscecece 36 
The Whip-poor-Will......cvcscsccsvccccee: cecesces 89 
Noiseless Flight......cccececcccccccccccsceseeescene Bf 
Sings long after Sunset.........cceccseeeeeccees aces 88 
Resumes its Song at Early Dawn.........sececeeeces 38 
The Chuck-Will’s-Widow........scscceccccecssccesee 88 
An Inhabitant of Warm Climates........cceeeeeeeee 89 
Habits of the Chuck-Will’s-Widow........ceeeeeees - 389 
Its Song. ..cncceccccccvcconceccccccccesssecsseces 40 
Tig WOOiDS ice scsac cet csissesicaveasewescvawocercee 41 
CHAPTER IY. 
Kentucky Sports. .......cceccccccccccccsonscsecscs 42 
Habits of early-Settlers......ccccccceccescsecccscse 48 
Capacious Flat-boats.........cccccccevcccceevececs 44 
Conflicts with Indians. ........ceecceeeeccceveveces 44 
Kentucky Feat of “Driving the Nail”............... 45 
“Barking a Squirrel”... .......ccceecceeccsececsces 45 
“Snuffing the Candle”. .........cccceerecccesacecee 45 
Hurricanes....... Sia'sinio's:a:oialslp:e'sid's es0is 42 sine Saige vise's's “AO 
Destructive Effects... ..ceccscccetccccccececverees 47 
Audubon and Daniel Boone..... aisieis wines siasein ates ceee 48 
Boone’s Account of his Capture by Indians........... 49 
A Strange Visitor, ....cccccccscereccrccccccescsees Bl 
“AMmOdd Fishy. ccceiwssonsscetes eerneclecnceseees) OF 
M. Thouville, the Naturalist. ........cceeccceccceces 52 
Personal appearance of Thouville.............ee0005 58 
Flis Enthusiasm. ......0..05 cecsccccccccecssccsses 54 
Nocturnal Uproar. .....ccccccseccsersccceecces eee 55 
Sanguinary Contest with Bats....... ...-eceeeceees 55 
Trouville preserves Specimens ... .. ..... 6. - « 68 
