152 AUDUBON THE NATURALIST. 
are especally massacred in vast numbers on 
account of their feathers. Eventually, however, 
this unrelenting persecution will be the means 
of its own extinction, when the multitude of 
birds, once a prey to these pirates, no longer 
exist to attract them to their haunts. 
Returning from Labrador, Audubon, as he 
sailed along the northern coast of Newfound- 
land, while others beguiled themselves with va- 
rious amusements, enjoyed a satisfaction which 
was for him unequalled—that of beholding the 
grandeur of creation displayed in the majestic 
scenery of those shores, softened by a fertility 
unknown in Labrador. Here, though along the 
foot of huge projections of rock; which, like 
fragments of mountains overhang the sea, the 
waters dash with terrific force; more distant val- 
leys clad with verdure, intermingling with which 
are gently swelling hills, prove the luxuriance of _ 
vegetable growth. 
Numerous habitations add to the cheerfulness 
of the asvect, while the boats, with their white 
sails expanded to the breeze, flutter like silvery 
sea-birds about the inlets whlehs every now and 
then appear. Clouds of curlews dash through 
the air as they wing their way toe the south. 
Nearer, the pleasant sight of cattle feeding in 
cultured meadows, and people busy at their 
avocations continue to gladden the view. 
