. Audubon et ses journaux [microform]. Les oiseaux ; zoologie ; Oiseaux ; Zoologie. couleur. Le Dr Kelly de l'» Gulnare" est venu avec moi. Le capitaine et le lieutenant Bayfield Bowen est parti ce matin sur une expédition de trois semaines dans des embarcations ouvertes, mais avec des tentes et le confort plus que je ne l'ai jamais aimé dans des excursions de chasse. Les moustiques aussi nombreuses qu'en Louisiane. Le 8 juillet. Par temps pluvieux, sale, vent d'EST. Était au travail en cours des trois, mais ma situation est en effet désagréable en cas de mauvais temps. La pluie tombe sur mon dessin-papier, malgré tout ce que je peux faire, et même le brouillard recueille et tombe dans

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. Audubon and his journals [microform]. Birds; Zoology; Oiseaux; Zoologie. color. Dr. Kelly from the " Gulnare" went with me. Captain Bayfield and Lieutenant Bowen went off this morning on a three weeks' expedition in open boats, but with tents and more comforts than I have ever enjoyed in hunting excursions. The mosquitoes quite as numerous as in Louisiana. July 8. Rainy, dirty weather, wind east. Was at work at half-past three, but disagreeable indeed is my situation during bad weather. The rain falls on my drawing-paper, despite all I can do, and even the fog collects and falls in large drops from the rigging on my table; now and then I am obliged to close my skylight, and then may be said to work almost in darkness. Notwithstanding, I finished my cock Ptarmigan, and three more young, and now con- sider it a handsome large plate. John and party returned, cold, wet, and hungry. Shot nothing, camp disagreeable, and nothing to relate but that they heard a Wolf, and found an island with thousands of the Mormon arcticus breeding on it. To-morrow I shall draw the beautiful Colymbus glacialis in most perfect plumage. July 9. The wind east, of course disagreeable; wet and foggy besides. The most wonderful climate in the world. Cold as it is, mosquitoes in profusion, plants blooming by millions, and at every step you tread on such as would be looked upon with pleasure in more temperate climes. I wish I were a better botanist, that I might describe them as I do birds. Dr. Wm. Kelly has given me the list of such plants as he has observed on the coast as far as Macatine Island. I have drawn all day at the Loon, a most difficult bird to imitate. For my part, I cannot help smiling at the presumption of some of our authors, who modestly assert that their figures are " up to nature." May God forgive them, and teach me to copy His works; glad and happy shall I then be. Lincoln and Shattuck brought some fresh-water shells from a large pond inland; they saw a la

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