AUDUBON JOURNAL 



We Landed at Sun Set at the Rockin Cave having 

 Come only about 2 Miles — 



I began My Sketch of it immediately, regretting 

 that We had not reached this place Last Night. 



We Purchased a Skiff from a flat Boat — Ducks & 

 Geese very numerous flying down the Stream — Shot 

 2 Ducks of the flocking Fowl Kind — & 3 Squirels — 

 the Thermometer in the Watter at sun set was down 

 to 27, appearance of a Very Cold Night — 



a Man on the Shore told me that Last Winter he 

 had Caught a Large Number of Malard Ducks with 

 a Trap set with a figure of 4 & shaped Like a Par- 

 tridge trap 



The Tell Tales we eat to Day were very fat but 

 very fishy — I eat the purple Grakle it tasted well — 



Friday Novemb"" loth 1820 



as soon as Day Light permitted me this morning — I 

 Took Joseph on Shore and Lighted a good fire — took 

 also My Drawing Book etc with a Skiff^the Morning 

 pleasant and the Thermometer raised to 50° While I 

 was taking My Sketch of the Rockin Cave Cap« Cum- 

 mings took a Good Walk through the Woods — at 9 

 My Drawing was compleat — this Cave is one of the 

 Curiosities that attract the attention of allmost every 

 Traveler on the Ohio and thousands of Names & 

 Dates ornament the sides & Cealing — there is a small 

 upper room dificult of access imediatly above & 



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