AUDUBON JOURNAL 



that his Character and Conduct have been uniformly 

 good: being about to take a Journey, through the 

 Southwestern portion of our Country with a laudable 

 object connected with its Natural History, I take great 

 Pleasure in recommending him to the Kind Offices of 

 the Officers, and Agents of Government and other 

 Citizens whom he may meet, as a Gentleman of 

 amiable and Excellent qualities, well qualified, as I 

 believe, to execute the object which he has undertaken 



H. Clay 



H. Clay Was then the Speaker of the House of 

 Representatives, and I Hope to rec^ some benefits from 

 this Letter — 



Mr Aumack killed a Goose and Joseph an Intrepid 

 Hawk, Swans extremely Plenty fired at them Many 

 Times with Balls without Success — 



Drifted at 3 o'clock P. M. — about 4 Miles and 

 Landed at foot of No 64 — 



I began a letter to My Beloved Lucy with some 

 Hopes of reaching the Fort of Arkansas Tomorrow, 

 but Hopes are Shy Birds fling at a great Distance 

 [and it is] seldom [that] reached by the best of Guns 

 [can reach them] 



Saturday gth December 1820 



I have nothing to say for this day. I drew a little 

 [today,] seeing a Green Briar with seeds on — Wrote to 

 My Lucy and Lived on Sweet Potatoes — how Surly 



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