Audubon and his journals (1897) (14755233495)

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Title: Audubon and his journals
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Audubon, Maria Rebecca, 1843-1925 Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York, Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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e Welcome, stranger! saw the busy wife unhookdry clothes from the side of the log hut, untie my moc-casins, and take my deerskin coat; I saw the athletichusband wipe my gun, clean the locks, hang all over thebright fire; the eldest boy pile on more wood, whilst mycars were greeted with the sound of the handmill crushingthe coffee, or the rye, for my evening drink ; I saw the lit-tle ones, roused by the strangers arrival, peeping fromunder the Buffalo robe, and then turn over on the Black Bearskin to resume their slumbers. I saw all this, and thenarrived at Green Bank to meet the same hearty welcome.The squatter is rough, true, and hospitable ; my friendshere polished, true, and generous. Both give what theyhave, freely, and he who during the tough storms of lifecan be in such spots may well say he has knownhappiness. Green Bank, October 3. To-day I have visited the jailat Liverpool. The situation is fine, it is near the mouth ofthe estuary that is called the river Mersey, and from its
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AUDUBON IN INDIAN DRESS. From a pencil sketch drawn by himself for Miss Rathbone, 1826. Xow in the possession of Mrs. AbrahamDixon («« Rathbone), London, England. THE EUROPEAN JOURNALS 133 walls is an extensive view of the Irish Channel. The areaowned by this institution is about eight acres. It is builtalmost circular in form, having gardens in the court in thecentre, a court of sessions on one side and the main en-trance on the other. It contains, besides the usual cells, achapel, and yards in which the prisoners take exercise,kitchens, store-rooms, etc., besides treadmills. The tread-mills I consider infamous; conceive a wild Squirrel in around cage constantly moving, without progressing. Thelabor is too severe, and the true motive of correction de-stroyed, as there are no mental resources attached to thislaborious engine of shame. Why should not these crimi-nals— if so they are — be taught different trades, enablingthem when again thrown into the world to earn their livingho