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that [when] accompanied them would suffer us to Walk 

 under the trees on which they alighted — the Carrion 

 Crows are very scarce in this Part of the Country and 

 keep Generally Lower to the South — their flight is 

 heavy and their appearance while on the Wing awk- 

 ward 



We Landed for the Night a Golconda a small Town 

 of the Illinois — Titles disputed of course the place not 

 Improving — Court was sitting — 



Sunday Novemb"^ i2th 1820 



The Wind Blowed this Morning and We did Not 

 Leave the Shore untill 9 o'clock — Wind fair — Weather 

 raw & Cloudy — Mr. Aumack Killed a Duck [Ruddy 

 Duck] out of a Flock of 5 that proved to be a Nonde- 

 script — and also a Imber Diver — the Wind rendered our 

 Cabin smoky I could Not begin to Draw untill after 

 Dinner — I had the pleasure of Seing Two of the same 

 Ducks Swimming Deep, with their Tail erect, and Div- 

 ing for food — having never seen these Birds before, it 

 was highly satisfactorily to Me — Tomorrow I will give 

 a thorough Description of it 



The Imber Diver was Shot Dead and proved a 

 beautifull specimen — of Cours I will give You a Draw- 

 ing of it — for Some time before I procured one of them; 

 they Were Called Northern Divers, the Moment I Saw 

 this, the size and Coloring Made Me Sure of it being an 

 Imber Diver — 



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