DÉBUT AS A NATURALIST
Makes his bow at Philadelphia—Is greeted with plaudits
and cold water—Friendship of Harlan, Sully, Bonaparte
and Harris—Hostility of Ord, Lawson and other friends
of Alexander Wilson—A meeting of academicians—Visit to
"Mill Grove"—Exhibits drawings in New York and becomes a
member of the Lyceum—At the Falls of Niagara—In a gale on
Lake Erie—Episode at Meadville—Walk to Pittsburgh—Tour
of Lakes Ontario and Champlain—Decides to take his
drawings to Europe—Descends the Ohio in a skiff—Stranded
at Cincinnati—Teaching at St. Francisville 327