86 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 
iant and sparkling ; nose aquiline, large 
and red; mouth large with good lips; 
teeth few, blunted by age, excepting one 
on the lower jaw, measuring nearly three- 
quarters of an inch square.’’ The italics 
are not Audubon’s. The great natu- 
ralist invited his callers to dine with him 
at six on the next Saturday. 
They next presented their letter to 
Geoffroy de St. Hilaire, with whom 
they were particularly pleased. Neither 
had he ever heard of Audubon’s work. 
The dinner with Cuvier gave him a 
nearer view of the manners and habits 
of the great man. ‘‘ There was not the 
show of opulence at this dinner that is 
seen in the same rank of life in Eng- 
land, no, not by far, but it was a good 
dinner served @ la Frangaise.’’ Neither 
was it followed by the ‘‘drinking 
matches’’ of wine, so common at Eng- 
lish tables. 
During his stay in Paris Audubon 
saw much of Cuvier, and was very 
