AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Saw several Eagles, Brown & White headed— 

 Although I drew nearly the whole of this day I 

 did finished My Imber Diver; 



Cap^ Cummings killed 26 Starhngs, Sturnus Prade- 

 torius all young— eat them at our Supper, good & 

 Delicate— I golden Plover & Two Squirels— 



Mr. Shaw killed an Owl that unfortunately he did 

 not fetch; = We passed this Day Fort Massacre here the 

 Ohio is Magnificent, the river about one & \ mile 

 Wide affords a view of 14 or 15 Miles, and this after- 

 noon being Calm with one of those Whimsical sunsetts 

 that only belong to America rendered the Scene ex- 

 tremely interesting. 



We landed about One Mile below what is called the 

 Litde Chain an partial obstruction to the Navigation 

 of this Queen of Rivers. — 



Saw several Swans flying very high— Geese are in 

 Constant View but have so far outwited us, these Birds 

 are Wilder on the Rivers than when in the Ponds or 

 small Lake that in Many places run Parralel with the 

 Ohio at a Small distance in Land — 



Cap« C. Brought an Oppossum, Dash after having 

 broke I thought all its bones left it— it was thrown over 

 Board as if dead, yet the moment he toucht the Watter 

 he swam for the Boats— so tenacious of Life are these 

 animals that it tooked a heavy blow of the Axe to 

 finish him— Tomorrow We Hope to Pass the Last Difi- 

 culty & Two Days More May take us to the Mississipi. 



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