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John James Audubon

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Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased.

On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies. To their skillful and untiring care I may safely say I owe my life.

My father... sailed as a sea captain to the West Indies, where in 1785 I found light and life in the New World.

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted for me.

To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was entirely occupied with art.

On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a short time. I remained on deck constantly, forcing myself to exercise.

When, for the first time... I left my father, and all the dear friends of my youth, to cross the great ocean... my heart sunk within me... The lingering hours were spent in deep sorrow... My affections were with those I had left behind, and the world seemed to me a great wilderness.

One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures... as they changed their hue in twenty varieties of richest arrangement of tints.

I have now 42 Dollars, health, and as much anxiety to pursue My Plans of Accomplishing My collection as Ever I had and Hope God Will Grant Me the same Powers to proceed.

Well, I heard he liked to eat old wives' eggs.

How strangely Nature has provided them with the means of securing their eggs and young from their arch-enemy Man.

Who is the stranger... that can form an adequate conception of the extent of its primeval woods-of the glory of those columnar trunks, that for centuries have waved in the breeze?

To my Lucy I now offer myself with my stock, wares and chattels and all the devotedness of heart attached to such an enthusiastic being as I am.

My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish.

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