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Touching in his homeward course at Bulti- 
more, Philadelphia, and New York, where he 
remained a fortnight, he again paused at Liver- 
pool, for the pleasure of once more greeting his 
numerous friends there, before proceeding to 
join his family in London. This meeting we 
readily conceive to have been productive of un- 
usual gratification and delight. After an interval 
of anxious separation, doubly joyful for Audu- 
bon, was reunion to the beloved companion of 
his life. The gladness of the family gathering, 
too, we imagine to have been increased, by the 
especial interest and hilarity natural to the oc- 
casion—the introduction of one in her newly 
formed several relations, a daughter, a sister, and 
a bride; for the son of Audubon, who had ac- 
companied him in his recent expedition, had but 
lately been united to the daughter of his friend, 
Dr. Bachman. 
The “ Birds of America” proceeded satisfac- 
torily, though several subscribers manifested 
impatience for the completion of the work, and 
some even discontinued their subscription. Out 
of deference to the wishes of these, Audubon 
was induced to crowd, occasionally, a number 
of species into one plate, and fortunate it wag 
that a laudable regard for his cherished plan 
prevented him from further acquiescence to its 
detriment. 
