AUDUBON'S LABRADOR TRIP 



the father of Miss Maria R. Audubon, who has 

 preserved for all time her father's history in 

 that interesting work "Audubon and his Jour- 

 nals." 



A letter written October 9, 1896, to Miss Au- 

 dubon by Mr. Joseph Coolidge says of the great 

 leader: "You had only to meet him to love him; 

 and when you had conversed with him for a 

 moment, you looked upon him as an old friend, 

 rather than a stranger. ... To this day I can 

 see him, a magnificent gray-haired man, child- 

 like in his simplicity, kind-hearted, noble-souled, 

 lover of nature and lover of youth, friend of hu- 

 manity, and one whose religion was the golden 

 rule." 1 



Dr. William Ingalls,^ in a letter to Mr. Ruth- 

 ven Deane, dated October 30, 1902, gives an 

 interesting outline of his recollection of the 

 individuals of the party as follows: — 



"Mr. Audubon was known by many, and I 

 think there is no exception to the fact that those 

 that have spoken of him have testified to his 

 great amiability and manliness, his humanity, 

 and it has always seemed to me he was one of 



' Audubon and his Journals, vol. I, p. 68. 

 2 The Auk, vol. xxvii (19 lo), p. 47. 



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