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and if No head Wind takes place Must reach that 

 City To morrow 



I Hope that My Familly wishes me as good a 

 Christmas as I do them — Could I have spent it with 

 My Beloved Wife & Children, the exchange of situa- 

 tion would have been most Agreable — I hope to have 

 some tidings of them Tomorrow = the Shores are now 

 Lined with Green Willows the Weather much Like 

 May — at Henderson — The Thermometer is allmost 

 every day from 60 to 65 — 



Tuesday Decemb'" 26*** 1820 



Beautifull Morning, Light frost — I began my draw- 

 ing as soon as I could see — drawing all day — 



We saw to day probably Millions of those Irish Geese 

 or Cormorants, flying Southwest — they flew in Single 

 Lines for several Hours extremely high — 



At half Past 1 1 o'clock The Boats Landed at the 

 Natchez Bluffs amongst about 100 More, several 

 S.B.'* were also at this place = the Carrion Crows first 

 attracted my Attention, hundreds of them flying con- 

 stantly Low over the Shores and alighting on the 

 Houses — 



I Rec^ Two Letters from my Beloved Wife, dated 

 7<^^ & 14*'' of Nov^ the Last date contained one from 

 My Brother G. Loyen Dupuygandeau dated July 24 1820 



So Busy I have been all day drawing, that I did not 

 even go to the Shore — a Little before Dusk I saw from 



