156 AUDUBON THE NATURALIST. 
the youths of the expedition, having hired a 
cart from the nearest farmer, to bring their bag 
gage, walked, with his long strides, some twelve 
miles into town, there to be taken by the hand, 
and receive the friendship of Professor McCul- 
loch and his sons. 
“The whole collection of these gentlemen was 
placed at his disposal, and one or two exceed- 
ingly rare species he accepted, though what he 
most prized, were notes of the observations of 
birds, made by Thomas McCulloch. But Octo- 
ber was at hand, and he traversed rapidly the 
road towards Windsor, and on a substantial, but 
-slow British steamer, he proceeded down the 
Bay of Fundy (on its extraordinary ebb of 80 
feet in height at Windsor) to St. Johns, New 
Brunswick, where he was received with cheer- 
ful welcome by Edward Harris, Esq., his old 
and good friend, who had come from Phila- 
delphia to await his return to Eastport, Maine. 
Many were the kindly greetings he received, as 
once again he travelled to New York, there to 
meet his wife, and, with her, to loiter slowly on 
through the inland route, to Charleston, to fulfil 
a promise to his friend, the Rev. Dr. Backman—- 
that he would again visit him before a return to 
Europe. This winter was to him alternate hard 
work, and the relaxation of the gun and chase, 
enjoyed with “ Friend Backman,” at the homes 
