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ease to within about 40 yards, they were chassing each 

 other and quite Merry when the Destructive fire 

 through the Whole in consternation, the Many 

 Wounded escaped by Diving the rest flew off^this 

 is the second time I have seen this Kind, and they 

 must be extremely rare [Bird] in this part of America — 

 About Three Miles above Bellevue in Kentucky we 

 walked through a Fissure of Rocks really romantic the 

 Passage in [that] form of a half Moon is about 6 feet 

 Wide, the rocks are composed of Large Round pebles 

 cimented with Coarse Sand about 100 feet High on 

 one Side and Sixty on the other — I made a Sketch of 

 it for [my] your future Pleasure — We walked this day 

 about 40 miles Saw one Deer crossing the River 



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there was this morning as heavy a white frost as I 

 Ever Saw, the Wind blew cold and heavy from the 

 North Shott 2 Tell Tale Godwits — and chased a Deer 

 in the River for some considerable time, but a Canoe 

 with Two Indianna Men had the advantage of us and 

 caught it as I rose to shoot it — the Wind being fair We 

 floated tolerably well, killed 5 Teal One Blue Wingd 

 Teal, [a young Malard] 2 Doves 3 Partriges and 

 fortunately another Hermit Thrush Turdus Sohtarius 

 — We met and went on Board the Steam Boat Veloci- 

 pede Saw Col. Oldham, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Talcut & 

 Lady [on Board] Passengers besides a Consider Num- 



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