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CHAPTER XIII. 
flees Scottish capital, -above all other cities, 
seems to have been associated by Audubon 
with pleasant and grateful recollections. 
He had wandered among the exquisite scenes 
of the highlands, delighted with the natural 
beauties of this northern land, where, as an 
additional charm, dwelt not a few of his warmest 
admirers and steadfast friends. The most affect- 
ionate testimony appears in his “ Biography,” 
to the kindness and assistance received from 
them, in various ways, and a special tribute of 
thanks is offered to Dr. Argyle Robertson, as 
well as to Mr. William Macgillivray, whose 
talents Audubon acknowledges to have been of 
the most important service to him in the pro- 
duction of his great work. 
Nor was a less earnest remembrance of Au- 
dubon retained by his friends, numbering among 
them Christopher North, whose pages contain 
the following happy delineation of an evening 
spent with the great naturalist :—* 
* Noctes Ambrosianz. 
