Produced by Melissa McDaniel, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's Note: Obvious typographical errors in the editor's text have been corrected. Inconsistent or incorrect accents, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation in the original documents and quotes were left as printed. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. On page 28, "aimable" should possibly be "amiable". On page 40, "as taken umbrage" should possibly be "has taken umbrage". On page 58, "Chamley, of New Castle" should possibly be "Charnley of Newcastle". On page 100, "Mr. A." should possibly be "Mrs. A". On page 233 "youself" should possibly be "yourself". On page 418 "pp. 197*-204*" should possibly not have asterisks. "£##" and "##£" are used interchangeably (with and without spacing.) The same is true for "$##" and "##$". "Major Glassel" (page 7) and "Major Classel" (page 24) appear to be the same person. Some references in the Index are incorrect. No entry exists for "Coral snake". The entry for "Audubon parentage and early names" is missing a page reference. AUDUBON THE NATURALIST [Illustration: John J. Audubon AFTER PORTRAIT BY GEORGE P. A. HEALY, 1838; ORIGINAL IN POSSESSION OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY.] AUDUBON THE NATURALIST A HISTORY OF HIS LIFE AND TIME BY FRANCIS HOBART HERRICK, Ph.D., Sc.D. PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY IN WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY; AUTHOR OF "THE HOME LIFE OF WILD BIRDS," ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED [Illustration] VOLUME II D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON 1917 COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS OF VOLUME II CHAPTER XXVI EXPLORATIONS IN FLORIDA AND THE SOUTH ATLANTIC PAGE Obituary published in London on day of his arrival in New York—Assistance from the Government—John Bachman becomes his friend—Winter in Charleston—His folios as gifts—To Florida with two assistants—Letters to Featherstonhaugh—St. Augustine—Misadventures in the mud of East Florida—Audubon on Florida's future—At the sources of the St. John's—Aboard the _Marion_—Return from Key West—A merchant of Savannah—Disbanding of party at Charleston 1 CHAPTER XXVII EASTERN VISIT AND EXPLORATIONS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC