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Audubon took notes of scenes and occurrences by the way. In his descriptions he exhibits the keen observation of the naturalist and the trained eye of the artist. The result is a remarkable picture of social conditions in Mexico, of birds and trees, of sky and mountains and the changing face of nature, of the barrenness of the desert and the difficulties of the journey, of the ruined missions of California, of methods of mining, and of the chaos of races and babel of tongues in the gold fields. It was Audubon?s intention to rewrite his notes and to publish them. One part was printed privately and given to a few friends but distractions at home prevented the completion of the work.

Being the MS. Record of a Trip from New York to Texas, and an Overland Journey through Mexico and Arizona to the Gold-Fields of California. With map, portrait, and original drawings. First published in 1906, with a biographical memoir by Maria R. Audubon, the author's daughter, and an introduction by Frank Hodder Heywood, Professor of American History at the University of Kansas. John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-62), a respected naturalist, writer and painter in his own right, was the son of John James Audubon (1785-1851), the American ornithologist, naturalist and painter, notable for his extensive studies of all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations depicting the birds in their natural habitats.