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have been still better. Her beef was beautifully- 
marbled and sparkling in the highest degree; 
and she was wonderful for the large amount of 
lean meat in her carcass, the depth of muscle 
on her ribs being actually greater than ever has 
been seen in this market for a beast of her size. 
In this respect, she exceeded a very fine ox 
killed with her, whose carcass, (four quarters,) 
weighed 1,588 pounds, which was remarkable 
for the depth of his lean meat. 
Grace was fed by Colonel Sherwood, of Au¬ 
burn, and was the joint property of himself and 
Mr. Stevens. 
French, were of that happy nature which dis¬ 
posed them to encourage the early inclinations 
of talent in the minds of their children. They 
soon perceived in the subject of these remarks 
that love of the woods and fields, which has 
since made him so conspicuous as a naturalist. 
In his sixteenth year, that is, about 1796, he 
went to France to pursue his education. He 
received lessons in drawing from the celebrated 
David. Although he prosecuted his studies 
seduously, his heart still panted for the spark¬ 
ling streams and interminable forests, for his 
“native land of groves.” He returned home the 
John James Audubon.—Fig. 43. 
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON. 
The following biographical sketch, we con¬ 
dense from the American Phrenological Journal, 
which we trust our readers will consider no less 
than a just tribute to the name of one whose 
life was spent for the benefit of mankind, whose 
usefulness, high principles, and worthy motives 
are alone sufficient to record his fame :—- 
Mr. Audubon was born about 1780, in the 
state of Louisiana. His parents, who were 
following year, with a kindled ardor for the 
woods, and commenced a collection of designs, 
destined shortly to swell into that magnificent 
series of volumes which the world has applaud¬ 
ed as the “ Birds of America.” They were be¬ 
gun on a beautiful plantation which his father 
had given him, situated on the banks of the 
Schuylkill. There, amid its fine woodlands, its 
extensive fields, its hills crowned with ever¬ 
greens, he meditated upon his simple and agree- 
