AUDUBON JOURNAL 



We pass this morning the famous Wolf Island, the 

 history of which is amply given in the Ohio Navigator 

 — here said Mr. Lovelace a Man [of J called White hav- 

 ing become a Lunatic as I was going up the River, 

 jumped over Board in the Night made the shore 

 although he could not swim and I was then at anchor 

 in 7 feet of watter and never seen afterward, I sent 

 several hands to Look for him, his tracks only Led to 

 the Top of the Bank — the Muskitoes being then re- 

 markly Bad — he must have Died in the Same Bend of 

 the River found 2 dead men shot through the head 

 could not burrie them their stench was too great — 



We floated to day almost 20 Miles Killed Nothing — 

 saw M"" James Asler who told Me that M-" Thomas 

 Litton & himself Lived with a Mile of Chalk Banks — 



Ivory Billed Wood Peckers are Now Plenty, Bears, 

 Wolf, &c but the Country extremely Difficult of Access, 

 the caves Extending in Many Places several Miles from 

 the River — 



On Sundays I look at My Drawings and particularly 

 at that of My Beloved Wife — & like to spend about 

 one hour in thoughts devoted to My family — 

 Landed opposit the Head of N*' 8. at the foot of N° 7 — 

 in Missoury — put out our Lines caught a Cat fish — 

 Weather agreable. 



Saw Many Gulls — unknown — 



the Woods deserted almost by small Birds — Saw four 

 Partriges — 



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