IN AUDUBON'S LABRADOR 



Spiders' webs. Nowadays they use wire nets 

 to catch submarines, so the Scotchman may 

 not have been so far afield. 



Audubon's account of his visit to Samuel 

 Robertson, in the "Episode," is interesting. 

 He says: "Several neat-looking houses enliv- 

 ened the view, and on landing, we were kindly 

 greeted with a polite welcome from a man 

 who proved to be the owner of the establish- 

 ment. For the rude simplicity of him of the 

 rum-cask [Michaux] we found here the man- 

 ners and dress of a man of the world. A hand- 

 some fur cap covered his dark brow, his clothes 

 were similar to our own, and his demeanor 

 was that of a gentleman. . . . Having fol- 

 lowed him to his neat and comfortable man- 

 sion, he introduced us to his wife and children. 

 Of the latter there were six, all robust and 

 rosy. The lady, although a native of the coun- 

 try, was of French extraction, handsome and 

 sufficiently accomplished to make an excel- 

 lent companion to a gentleman. . . . Gazing 

 on the desolate country around, I asked him 

 how he had thus secluded himself from the 

 world. For it he had no relish, and although 

 he had received a liberal education, and had 

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