AUDUBON JOURNAL 



While at Dinner We were all surprised at the as- 

 tounishing Leaps that Some Maggots took about our 

 Table. 



they Issued out of a Very good piece of Cheese to 



perform this I remarked them drawing up their heads 



toward the Tail untill Nearly runing both half of 



the Body Parell and The Suddenly striking one of the 



ends Could Not see Which they through themselves 



about 50 or 60 Times their Length some time One 



Way sometimes another apparently in Search of the 



Cheese — 



March i6th Friday 1821 



I had the pleasure of receiving a Letter this Morn- 

 ing from Mr. A. P. Bodley dated Natchez 8th Inst 

 Informing me of my Port Folio having been found 

 and Deposited at the office of the Mississippi Republi- 

 can and that I could have it by writing — 



I Acknowledge with a very sensible pleasure the 

 Kindness of Mr. P. who worked his Passage down in 

 Mr Aumack Boats — and at the same time cannot Con- 

 ceive how the Book had escaped the researches of 

 Mr Garnier — 



Mr Gordon had the goodness to write to a friend 

 to have it forwarded imediately and pay whatever 

 charges there might be, the Politeness of that Gentle- 

 man is remarkable to a Man who is no more than a 

 Stranger to him, but No doubt it would be impossible 

 for a Good heart to act otherwise — 



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