AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Paid a Visit to Mr John F. Miller from Whom (I was 

 told) I might expect an uncommon Share of Polite- 

 ness, perhaps I walked in at a bad time but be this as 

 it May, I Was received and Dispatched as promptly 

 as the case would permit; the subject of Course Dur- 

 ing the few Moments I Left then rolled on Birds. I 

 was asked if Many Ducks such as the Canvas Back &c 

 (fine food) where residents of this Part of America, 

 had I put those queries I might have expected a No 

 from One that had resided lo Years here, and yet 

 this No I Was obliged to give — No doubt for want of 

 True Knowledge for the Birds in question are said to 

 be plenty here during Winter — and are Most Likely 

 are the Sheldrakes Dun Divers and Mergansers hav- 

 ing Many of these latters offered for Sale [ ] 



This Morning the Market was well Stocked with 

 Green Backed Swallows Hiroundo Veridis, the Whole 

 very fat and in beautifull plumage; if these Dear 

 Litle Cherubs have preferred their coats and these 

 flesh so fresh during the pretended Torpor Occasioned 

 by Winter' frost how much more fortunate they are 

 than the Pork Beef & Butter of Kentucky that sowers 

 however well Salted. 



but I have been assured by Men on whom I can 

 rely that some Winters are so Mild that Swallows are 

 seen from time to time during every Months — 



the Swallows in Markets Were caught in the holes 

 about houses their resorting places during the Nights 



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