AUDUBON JOURNAL 



through the Ceahng of the Ground floord one, Large 

 enough to Contain 4 or 5 persons when sitted on their 

 hams — this place is said to have been for Many Years 

 the rendez Vous of a noted Robber of the name of 

 Mason it is about 20 Miles below Shawaney town on 

 the same side; had our Boats spent a Day there, I 

 would have been pleased to take several Diferent 

 Views of it — the Rocks are Blue Lime Stone contain- 

 ing in Many Parts Round Masses of a fine flinty 

 appearance Darker than the main Body — 



at Nine o'clock it became Cloudy & Cold, We left 

 for our Boats, but before We reached them, it snowed 

 & Hailed & Wetted us Compitly — Our Boats had 

 parted to Cross & Run through the Walker's Ban and 

 Hurricane Island — We Landed only about One Mile 

 below the Latter, the rain Increasing and the Weather 

 extremely Disagreable — Never have seen so much 

 snow at this season in this Latitude — 



Saw a fine Black Hawk Falco Niger — & Black Gull, 

 — Shot Two Ducks — 



Saturday Novemb' nth, 1820 



It rained hard during the whole of the Night and 

 this day floated only about 7 Miles — 



Saw a few Turkeys, — 



A Flock of Carrion Crows made us go to the shore 

 but they were so exceedingly shy that they would fly 

 several hundred Yards off— while the Turkey Buzzards 



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