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started upon another southern trip, paus- 
ing at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash- 
ington, and Richmond. In Washington 
he made some attempts to obtain per- 
mission to accompany a proposed expe- 
dition to the Rocky Mountains, under 
Government patronage. But the cold 
and curt manner in which Cass, then 
Secretary of War, received his appli- 
cation, quite disheartened him. But he 
presently met Washington Irving, whose 
friendly face and cheering words revived 
his spirits. How one would likea picture 
of that meeting in Washington between 
Audubon and Irving —two men who in 
so many ways were kindred spirits! 
Charleston, South Carolina, was 
reached late in October, and at the 
home of their friend Bachman the Au- 
dubons seem to have passed the most of 
the winter of 1833-4: ‘‘My time was 
well employed ; I hunted for new birds 
or searched for more knowledge of old. 
I drew, I wrote many long pages. I ob- 
