Audubon and His Journals, Volume 2

This volume continues the field journals and recollections of a naturalist and his companions, recording riverine and overland journeys, hunting episodes, and detailed observations of birds and other wildlife. Entries blend travel narrative, anecdote, and natural-history notes, describing encounters with large mammals and waterfowl, shifting landscapes and settlements, hardships and hospitality on expeditions, and coastal and northern voyages. Practical comments on specimen collecting and bird-drawing technique appear alongside biographical sketches, portrayals of local customs and episodic events, with illustrative plates and annotations that illuminate both daily experience and the practice of observing and depicting fauna.