AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Immediately below us is a family of Three people 

 in Two Skiffs a Woman & 2 men; they are Too Lazy 

 to Make themselves Comfortable, and Lie on the 

 Damp Earth, near the Edge of the Watter, have 

 Racoons to Eat and Muddy Watter to help that food 

 down, are from the Mouth of Cumberland and mov- 

 ing to a Worst Part of the Worst Without Doubt — 



Saw some Ivory Billed Wood Peckers, these Birds 

 allways go in Paires and when they Leave a Tree to 

 fly to another they Sail and Look Not unlike a Raven. 

 I shot and Killed a Turkey Buzzard a great Distance, 

 Mistaking it for a Carrion Crow — unfortunately we 

 are in bad part of the River for Fish — 



Saturday November 25*'' 1820 



I spent the whole of this day drawing the White 

 headed Eagle, the Weather exceedingly Warm, the 

 thermometer rose to 70°. The wind Blowing Strong a 

 head We remained still; in the Course of the Afternoon 

 a small Steam Boat, the Independence passed us, I saw 

 with the spy glass old Cap*' Nasson of Louisville; 

 Butterflies, Wasps & Bees plenty all day about us — 

 the Skiff family of yesterday a few hundred yards be- 

 low us, the Woman washed for us 



At Sunset the Wind Shifted, A heavy Clouds came 

 over us and Made a great difference in the atmos- 

 phere — 



Killed 2 Geese and Two Racoons — Saw a few Car- 



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