AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Wood Peckers about us — scarcely any other except a 

 few Peleated & Golden Wings — have not seen a red 

 head Wood Pecker for some time — the Carolina Wrens 

 and Cardinals exercising their Vocal powers all day — 



We received the visits of 2 Men, Wood Cutters from 

 the Shore — they assured me that Pelicans were here at 

 all seasons but that when the Weather is bad they 

 keep in the Lakes in Great Flocks along with the 

 Geese, Swans, Ducks, Cranes — and there find an 

 aboundance of food — they spoke of a Black Hawk that 

 Lives on Fish but I could not ascertain Much about 

 size of anything else concerning it — 



they reported that a few Weeks passed a Youth of 

 about 12 Years having Met a Large Brown Tiger, or 

 Cougar called here a Painter was so frightened that he 

 died after reaching his Parents' house — those animals 

 are now scarce, but Dear, Bears and Wolfs are plenty 

 — Anxious to Know if Alligators were seen during this 

 season, they answered in the affirmative. They could 

 be seen every few days — some Keeping in Small ponds 

 too Shallow to cover their backs and there Catch the 

 Garr Fishes, root for frogs (Sc^ that one Killed Lately 

 had a Large Quantity of Black Walnut and Hickorys 

 — they are Killed here for the Skin, that when tanned 

 gives a fine Leather preserving the Lozanges of the 

 Scales. One of the men said he owed them a Grudge 

 for Killing An Excellent hunting Dog — while follow- 

 ing a wounded Deer across a Lake, and that he re- 



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