30 AUDUBON, THE NATURALIST 



We left Camden, pushed by the season, and the desire I 

 have to fulfil towards my subscribers, the world, and indeed 

 myself, the task allotted me by nature, — the completion of 

 my work. , . . Allow me to say that with my work, as in the 

 days of '76, the Bostonians have proved themselves the best 

 supporters of a good cause in the country. We expect the 

 support of the Cambridge University, that of the Natural His- 

 tory Society, & again of the State! (Pray remember how 

 anxious we are to have all the States.) 



I made drawings of 3 rare species ; one is the Marsh Wren, 

 for which I searched in vain when near Salem ; the 2 d, is a Fly- 

 catcher, described by Mr. Nuttall, and the last a Thrush. 



We leave tomorrow for Portland, in Maine, through which 

 we will merely pass, and ere one week expires, expect to be 

 at the Bay of Fundy. 



The Audubon family now traveled by carriage and 

 mail-coach along the entire coast of Maine, but made no 

 prolonged stay until they reached Eastport, where ex- 

 cursions were taken into the surrounding country, and 

 the woods and shores were thoroughly ransacked. At 

 Dennisville they made the acquaintance of Judge Lin- 

 coln's family, which rendered their stay of a number of 

 weeks "exceedingly agreeable"; as will appear later,* 

 it was this agreeable family that furnished Audubon 

 with a valuable recruit for his expedition to Labrador. 

 Towards the end of September they entered New 

 Brunswick and began to ascend the St. John's River. 

 A week was passed at Fredericton, where they were 

 hospitably received by Sir Archibald Campbell. Thence 

 they continued in a small boat, which was towed up- 

 stream by mules, to Woodstock, Maine. There a cart 

 was procured, in which they proceeded overland to 

 Houlton, in Aroostook County, then "A neat village, 



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