AUDUBON IN LONDON
Impressions of the metropolis—A trunk full of
letters—Friendship of Children—Sir Thomas Lawrence—Lizars
stops work—A family of artists—Robert Havell, Junior—_The
Birds of America_ fly to London—The Zoölogical
Gallery—Crisis in the naturalist's affairs—Royal
patronage—Interview with Gallatin—Interesting
the Queen—Desertion of patrons—Painting to
independence—Personal habits and tastes—Enters
the Linnæan Society—The white-headed Eagle—Visit
to the great universities—Declines to write for
magazines—Audubon-Swainson correspondence—"Highfield
Hall" near Tyttenhanger—In Paris with Swainson—Glimpses
of Cuvier—His report on _The Birds of America_—Patronage
of the French Government and the Duke of
Orleans—Bonaparte the naturalist 377