184 AUDUBON THE NATURALIST. 
his work. The liberality and kindness of this 
excellent man is recorded with the warmest 
eulogy by Audubon, who gratefully makes men- 
tion of his services, together with those received 
from his excellent friends, Dr. Argyle Robertson, 
Dr. Roscoe, and Dr. Carswell. 
The courtesies of acquaintance between Mr. 
Philips and Audubon soon ripened into m- 
timacy, and many an instance dccurred which 
proved to the naturalist, not only the worth of 
his friend’s attachment, but the value of his en- 
lightenment, experience, and superior medical 
‘skill. Audubon’s situation at the time, more- 
over, caused him to receive, as well as to re 
member, with especial gratitude, the generous 
assistance which it was in the power of his friend, 
by unremitting professional attention, to afford. 
Thus assured of an unceasing watchfulness during 
his absence, over the delicate condition of his 
wife’s health, he was enabled to leave the Eng- 
lish shores with a peaceful assurance of heart, to 
which he would otherwise have been a stranger. 
In August, therefore, (1836,) he proceeded on 
his voyage. Lingering at Philadelphia, he had 
the gratification of meeting Nuttall, distinguished 
alike for his acquirements in zoology, botany, 
and mineralogy, who arrived at the city from his 
recent excursion over the Rocky Mountains to 
the Pacific, during Audubon’s stay. Endowed 
