142 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 
door. It appeared that his host in pass- 
ing thought he heard Audubon call to 
him to ask for something: ‘‘I told him 
I prayed aloud every night, as had been 
my habit from a child at my mother’s 
knees in Nantes. He said nothing for 
a moment, then again wished me good 
night and was gone.’’ 
Audubon belonged to the early history 
of the country, to the pioneer times, to 
the South and the West, and was, on the 
whole, one of the most winsome, inter- 
esting, and picturesque characters that ° 
have ever appeared in our annals. 
