JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 55 
Audubon was compelled to dismiss her 
school and go to nurse them. They both 
recovered, and, in October (1823), set 
out for Louisville, making part of the 
journey on foot. The following winter 
was passed at Shipping Port, near Louis- 
ville, where Audubon painted birds, 
landscapes, portraits and even signs. In 
March he left Shipping Port for Phila- 
delphia, leaving his son Victor in the 
counting house of a Mr. Berthoud. He 
reached Philadelphia on April 5, and re- 
mained there till the following August, 
studying painting, exhibiting his birds, 
making many new acquaintances, among 
them Charles Lucien Bonaparte, giving 
lessons in drawing at thirty dollars per 
month, all the time casting wistful eyes 
toward Europe, whither he hoped soon 
to be able to go with his drawings. In 
July he made a pilgrimage to Mill Grove 
where he had passed so many happy 
years. The sight of the old familiar 
scenes filled him with the deepest emo- 
tions. 
