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to London, where he was presented with a di- 
ploma from the Royal Society. In addition, he 
received a general letter of recommendation to the 
authorities in the British Colonies from the Duke 
of Sussex, with many of a similar nature from 
Lord Stanley and others. 
In August he proceeded a second time to the 
United States, and landed at New York, where 
he passed a few days before proceeding to Phil- 
adelphia. 
Everywhere he was received with honours and 
courtesies. Subscriptions and diplomas were 
lavished upon him, and at Washington he was 
presented by the government with numerous 
letters of assistance and protection along the 
frontier, which it was his intention to visit. 
After a visit to Charleston, he sailed for Florida, 
where he wintered during 1831. 
In that fertile and beautiful country, where 
the naturalist may luxuriate midst the rare 
abundance of curious and interesting objects, 
with which it is endowed, Audubon willingly 
loitered, While sojourning there, many im- 
portant additions to his collection were made. 
Wandering on the beach, fenced by its beautiful 
coral, stretching like a giant wall along the 
shore, he could at leisure contemplate rising 
from the clear depths of the water, its curious 
inhabitants glittering in a thousand richly span- 
