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Updated: May 27, 2025
When Au-du-bon was making his great book about birds, he had to live much in the woods. Sometimes he lived among the Indians. He once saw an Indian go into a hollow tree. There was a bear in the tree. The Indian had a knife in his hand. He fought with the bear in the tree, and killed it. Au-du-bon could shoot very well. A friend of his one day threw up his cap in the air.
And he must see how the birds lived, and how they built their nests, so that he could tell all about them. It would take a great deal of work and trouble. But he was not afraid of trouble. That was many years ago. Much of our country was then covered with great trees. Au-du-bon sometimes went in a boat down a lone-some river. Sometimes he rode on horse-back.
It traveled all over the country. Everybody learned to sing: "Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just; And this be our motto 'In God is our trust' And the star-span-gled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave." John James Au-du-bon knew more about the birds of this country than any man had ever known before.
He was so careful to have his drawings just like the birds, that he would measure them in every way. Thus he made his pictures just the size of the birds themselves. At last the great books were printed. In this country, in France, and in England, people praised the won-der-ful books. They knew that Au-du-bon was indeed a great man.
He told Au-du-bon to shoot at it. When the cap came down, it had a hole in it. But the hunters who lived in the woods could shoot better. They would light a candle. Then one of the hunters would take his gun, and go a hundred steps away from the candle. He would then shoot at the candle. He would shoot so as to snuff it. He would not put out the candle.
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