110 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 
to London, where he settled his family 
in Cavendish Square, and in July, 
with his son John, took passage at 
Portsmouth for New York, desiring to 
explore more thoroughly the southern 
states for new material for his work. 
On his arrival in New York, Audubon, 
to his deep mortification, found that all 
his books, papers, and valuable and curi- 
ous things, which he had collected both 
at home and abroad, had been destroyed 
in the great fire in New York, in 1835. 
In September he spent some time in 
Boston where he met Brewer and Nut- 
tall, and made the acquaintance of Daniel 
Webster, Judge Story, and others. 
Writing to his son in England, at 
this time, admonishing him to carry on 
the work, should he himself be taken 
away prematurely, he advises him thus: 
“Should you deem it wise to remove 
the publication of the work to this coun- 
try, I advise you to settle in Boston; I 
have faith in the Bostonians.”’ 
