66 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 
I was a candidate for the electorate of 
the society, I felt very uncomfortable 
and would gladly have been hunting on 
Tawapatee Bottom.”’ 
It may be worth while now to see what 
Scott thought of Audubon. Under the 
same date, Sir Walter writes in his jour- 
nal as follows: ‘‘ January 22, 1827. A 
visit from Basil Hall, with Mr. Audu- 
bon, the ornithologist, who has followed 
the pursuit by many a long wandering 
in the American forests. He is an 
American by naturalisation, a French- 
man by birth; but less of a Frenchman 
than I have ever seen — no dust or glim- 
mer, or shine about him, but great sim- 
plicity of manners and behaviour ; slight 
in person and plainly dressed; wears 
long hair, which time has not yet tinged ; 
his countenance acute, handsome, and 
interesting, but still simplicity is the 
predominant characteristic. I wish I 
had gone to see his drawings ; but I had 
heard so much about them that I re- 
