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CHAPTER XI. 
| | uameness from Florida, enriched by nu- 
roerous and important discoveries, Audubon 
proceeded to Philadelphia. ‘There he had the 
happiness to be reunited to his family. Anxiety 
for their welfare induced him to shorten his stay 
in that city, then afflicted by the terrible pesti- 
lence of cholera. They continued their journey 
to Boston. During his sojourning there, 1832, 
he was engaged in making the drawings requisite 
to the completion of his “Tllustrations”—his son 
leaving the family gathering to superintend their 
publication in London. At the noble city of 
Boston Audubon lingered to indulge his admi- 
ration of it, as well as to enjoy the pleasure 
afforded him by the warm and generous recep- 
tion he met with from its inhabitants. “The 
outpouring of kindness at Boston,” he tells us, 
“exceeding all with which he had ever met.” 
This.so justly admired capital was naturally a 
source of honourable pride to him. With the 
utmost enthusiasm he speaks of the laudable 
characteristics of this people, the fitting citizens 
