AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Sunday December 3*^ 1820 



It rained Heavy all night, this morning it was con- 

 cluded the boats would not Leave, yet our Captains 

 went hunting the Wind Blowing at Intervals and then 

 ceasing, made some diference of the force of the rain = 

 Saw several Crows Many Brown Larks, Many Geese, 

 and Malards = Killed to day 3 Geese, 2 Malards and 

 2 Mergansers, both femelles measuring 25 Inches — 

 the Bill & Legs Not so bright a cealing Wax Color as 

 usual — tongues sharp Triangular and Toothed — 

 think them young— one of them had Caught a Fish 

 about 9 Inches of the Sucker Kind and had only partly 

 down its throat when Killed— there was 5 together we 

 drove them several times out of a Pond in the inner 

 part of an Island and at Last Shot these on the Wing = 

 the Geese very Shy— Three Keel Boats passed us about 

 2 o'clock P.M.— they had left the Falls of Ohio 3 weeks 

 ago — Left our Harbour and floated about 4 Miles to 

 the foot of Buck Island— here I saw with the setting 

 sun hundreds of Malards travelhng South and the 

 Finest rainbow I ever beheld, the Clouds were also 

 beautifuU apposite it = Looked at my Beloved Wife's 

 Likeness Shaved and Cleaned One of the few enjoy- 

 ments Flat Boats Can afford— the Goose we eat at 

 Dinner extremely fishy. 



Joseph who now is obliged to officiate as Cook does 

 not appear to rehsh the thing— the more I see Cap« C 



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