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wrote : " Audubon has given to him what nobody else can 

 buy." On this Maine journey, the friendship between the 

 Llncolns at DennysvUle, begun in the wanderer's earlier 

 years, was renewed, and with this hospitable family Mrs. 

 Audubon remained while her husband and sons made 

 their woodland researches. 



In October of 1832, Victor sailed for England, to super- 

 intend the publishing of the work; his father remained 

 in America drawing and re-drawing, much of the time 

 in Boston, where, as everywhere, many friends were made, 

 and where he had a short, but severe illness — an unusual 

 experience with him. In the spring of 1833, the long 

 proposed trip to Labrador was planned and undertaken. 



The schooner " Ripley," Captain Emery commanding, 

 was chartered. Audubon was accompanied by five young 

 men, all under twenty-four years of age, namely : Joseph 

 Coolidge, George G. Shattuck, William Ingalls, Thomas Lin- 

 coln and John Woodhouse, the naturalist's younger son. 

 On June 6 they sailed for the rocky coasts and storm-beaten 

 islands, which are so fully described in the Labrador Jour- 

 nal, now first published entire in the present work. 



Victor was still in England, and to him his father wrote, 

 on May 16, 1833, a long letter filled with careful direc- 

 tions as to the completion of the work now so far accom- 

 plished, and which was so dear — as it is to-day — to all 

 the family. The entire letter is too long and too personal 

 to give beyond a few extracts : " Should the Author of all 

 things deprive us of our lives, work for and comfort the 

 dear being who gave you birth. Work for her, my son, 

 as long as it may be the pleasure of God to grant her life ; 

 never neglect her a moment ; in a word, prove to her that 

 you are truly a son ! Continue the publication of our 

 work to the last ; you have in my journals all necessary 

 facts, and in yourself sufficient ability to finish the letter- 

 press, with the assistance of our worthy friend John Bach- 

 man,' as well as MacGillivray. If you should deem it wise 



