IN AUDUBON'S LABRADOR 



paid no duties; this ought to be the case with 

 poor students of nature all over the world." A 

 week later, on September 7, 1833, Audubon 

 reached New York, "and, thank God, found all 

 well." 



This arduous trip was well worth all its 

 hardships. Audubon brought back seventy- 

 three bird-skins, as well as a large collection 

 of plants and of other natural-history objects. 

 He observed in all some ninety-three different 

 species of birds, and recorded much that was 

 hitherto unknown. A new species, Lincoln's 

 sparrow, was discovered and described, and 

 twenty-three drawings of the birds were com- 

 pleted or nearly completed. He worked hard 

 and has been well rewarded. 



