. Audubon et ses journaux [microform]. Les oiseaux ; ornithologie ; Oiseaux ; Ornithologie. P :- i. 312 Audubon qui m'a rempli de joie. Dans une demi-heure de plus nous étions dans le centre de la Grande Egg Harbor. Là, j'ai eu la chance d'être reçu dans la maison d'un pêcheur de pur-sang-canonnier, qui, en plus de posséder un lit confortable à seulement quelques centaines de mètres de la rive, avait une excellente femme pour une femme, et une petite fille espiègle que comme un chaton, mais aussi sauvage qu'une mer- Goéland, en moins d'une demi heure j'étais tout à fait à la maison, et le reste de la journée a été consacrée à la dévotion. Bien que les huîtres, à compter

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. Audubon and his journals [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. P:- i. 312 AUDUBON which filled me with delight. In half an hour more we were in the centre of Great Egg Harbor. There I had the good fortune to be received into the house of a thoroughbred fisherman-gunner, who, besides owning a comfortable cot only a few hundred yards from the shore, had an excellent woman for a wife, and a little daughter as playful as a kitten, though as wild as a Sea- Gull, In less than half an hour I was quite at home, and the rest of the day was spent in devotion. Oysters, though reckoned out of season at this period, are as good as ever when fresh from their beds, and my first meal was of some as large and white as any I have eaten. The sight of them placed before me on a clean table, with an honest and industrious family in my com- pany, never failed to afford more pleasure than the most sumptuous fare under different circumstances; and our conversation being simple and harmless, gayety shone in every face. As we became better acquainted, I had to answer several questions relative to the object of my visit. The good man rubbed his hands with joy, as I spoke of shooting and fishing, and of long excursions through the swamps and marshes around. My host was then, and I hope still is, a tall, strong- boned, muscular man, of dark complexion, with eyes as keen as those of the Sea-Eagle. He was a tough walker, laughed at difficulties, and could pull an oar with any man. As to shooting, I have often doubted whether he or Mr. Egan, the worthy pilot of Indian Isle, was best; and rarely indeed have I seen either of them miss a shot. At daybreak on Monday, I shouldered my double-bar- relled gun, and my host carried with him a long fowling- piece, a pair of oars, and a pair of oyster-tongs, while the wife and daughter brought along a seine. The boat was good, the breeze gentle, and along the inlets we sailed for parts well known to my companions. To such natu- ralists as

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