. Biology in America. Biology. Early Naturalists 29. between the two. "His attire," writes Audubon, "struek me as exceedingly remarkable. A long loose coat of yellow nan- keen, much the worse for the many rubs it had got in its time, and stained all over with the juice of plants, hung loosely about him like a sack. A waistcoat of the same, with enormous pockets, and buttoned up to the chin, reached below over a pair of tight pantaloons, the h)wer parts of which were buttoned down to tlie ankles. His beard was as long as I have known my own to be during some of my peregrinations,
. Biology in America. Biology. Early Naturalists 29. between the two. "His attire," writes Audubon, "struek me as exceedingly remarkable. A long loose coat of yellow nan- keen, much the worse for the many rubs it had got in its time, and stained all over with the juice of plants, hung loosely about him like a sack. A waistcoat of the same, with enormous pockets, and buttoned up to the chin, reached below over a pair of tight pantaloons, the h)wer parts of which were buttoned down to tlie ankles. His beard was as long as I have known my own to be during some of my peregrinations, and his lank black hair hung loosely over his shoul- ders. His forehead was so broad and prominent that any tyro in phrenology would instantly have pronounced it the residence of a mind of strong powers. His words impressed an assurance of rigid truth, and as he directed the con- versation to the study of the natu- ral sciences, I listened to him with great delight. He requested to see my draAvings, anxious to see the plants I had introduced besides the birds I had drawn. Finding a strange plant among my drawings, he denied its authenticity; but on my assuring him that it grew in the neighborhood, he insisted on going off instantly to see it. "When I pointed it out the naturalist lost all command over his feelings, and behaved like a maniac in expressing his delight. He plucked the plants one after another, danced, hugged me in his arms, and exultingly told me he had got, not merely a new species, but a new genus. "He immediately took notes of all the needful particulars of the plant in a note-book, which he carried wrapt in a water- proof covering. After a day's pursuit of natural history studies, the stranger was accommodated with a bed in an attic room. We had all retired to rest; every person I imagined was in deep slumber save myself, when of a sudden I heard a great uproar in the naturalist's room. I got up, reached the place in a few moments, and opened the do
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