130 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 
the scientific and indefatigable MacGilli- 
vray, and the untiring and congenial 
co-worker, Dr. Bachman. 
Audubon’s last years were peaceful 
and happy, and were passed at his 
home on the Hudson, amid his children 
and grandchildren, surrounded by the 
scenes that he loved. 
After his eyesight began to fail him, 
his devoted wife read to him, she walked 
with him, and toward the last she fed 
him, ‘‘ Bread and milk were his break- 
fast and supper, and at noon he ate a 
little fish or game, never having eaten 
animal food if he could avoid it.’’ 
One visiting at the home of our natu- 
ralist during his last days speaks of the 
tender way in which he said to his wife: 
‘“¢Well, sweetheart, always busy. Come 
sit thee down a few minutes and rest.”’ 
Parke Godwin visited Audubon in 
1846, and gives this account of his 
visit : 
‘‘The house was simple and unpre- 
