JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 117 
his new republic. Our talk was short: 
but the impression which was made on 
my mind at the time by himself, his offi- 
cers, and his place of abode, can never 
be forgotten.’’ 
Late in the summer of 1837, Audu- 
bon, with his son John and his new wife 
—the daughter of Dr. Bachman, re- 
turned to England for the lasttime. He 
finally settled down again in Edinburgh 
and prepared the fourth volume of 
his ‘‘ Ornithological Biography.’’ This 
work seems to have occupied him a year. 
The volume was published in November, 
1838. More drawings for his ‘‘ Birds of 
America’ were finished the next winter, 
and also the fifth volume of the ‘‘ Biogra- 
phy’’ which was published in May, 1839. 
In the fall of that year the family 
returned to America and settled in 
New York City, at 86 White street. 
His great work, the ‘‘ Birds of America,”’ 
had been practically completed, incredi- 
ble difficulties had been surmounted, and 
