VI 



CHAPTER XXIX 



Sidelights on Audubon and His Contemporaries 



PAGE 



What was a Qulnarian? — Controversy over the authorship of the Orni- 

 thological Biography — Audubon's quaint proposal — Swainson's re- 

 ply — Friendship suffers a check — Species-mongers — Hitting at one 

 over the shoulders of another — Swainson as a biographer — His ca- 

 reer — Bonaparte's grievance — A fortune in ornithology — ^Labors of 

 John Gould and his relations with Audubon— The freemasonry of 

 naturalists 93 



CHAPTER XXX 



Audubon and MacGillivray 



In London once more — MacGillivray's assistance continued — Return to 

 Edinburgh — MacGillivray's character and accomplishments — Audu- 

 bon's acknowledgments — Tributes of "Christopher North" — Results 

 of overwork— Fusillades from "Walton Hall"— Progress of the 

 large plates 125 



CHAPTER XXXI 



Third American Tour, 1836-1837 



In New York harbor — Collections from the Far West — Audubon's ef- 

 forts to secure them — Return to Boston — Friendship of Daniel 

 Webster — Renewed efforts to obtain the Nuttall-Townsend collec- 

 tions — Expedition to the west coast of Florida — Deferred govern- 

 mental aid — Another winter with Bachman — Overland journey to 

 New Orleans— On board the Crusader — Mistaken for pirates — With 

 Harris and his son explores the Gulf coast — The Republic of Texas 

 — Visit to its capital and president — Meeting in Charleston — Mar- 

 riage of his son — Their return to England ....... 146 



CHAPTER XXXII 



Audubon's Greatest Triumph 



Extension of his work — Financial panic and revolt of patrons — New 

 western coUeetions — His "book of Nature" completed — ^Work on the 

 letterpress in Edinburgh — Vacation in the Highlands — Commissions 



