JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 19 
to consult with his father. Da Costa 
gave him a letter of credit on a sort of 
banker-broker residing in New York. 
To New York he accordingly went, as 
above stated, and found that the banker- 
broker was in the plot to pack him off 
to India. This disclosure kindled his 
wrath afresh. He says that had he 
had a weapon about him the banker’s 
heart must have received the result of 
his wrath. His Spanish blood began to 
declare itself. 
Then he sought out a brother of Mr. 
Bakewell and the uncle of his sweet- 
heart, and of him borrowed the money 
to take him to France. He took pas- 
sage on a New Bedford brig bound for 
Nantes. The captain had recently been 
married and when the vessel reached 
the vicinity of New Bedford, he discov- 
éred some dangerous leaks which neces- 
sitated a week’s delay to repair damages. 
Audubon avers that the captain had 
caused holes to be bored in the vessel’s 
