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a few Venaison hams a gun and Looked so Inde- 

 pendent, free & unconcerned with the World that I 

 Gazed on them, admired their Spirits, & wished for 

 their Condition = here the Traveller enters a New 

 World, the current of the stream about 4 miles per 

 hour, puts the steersman on the alert and awakes him 

 to troubles and difficulties unknown on the Ohio, the 

 Passenger feels a different atmosphere, a very diferent 

 prospect— the Curling stream & its hue are the first 

 objects — the caving in of the Banks and the Thick Set 

 Growth of the Young Cotton Wood is the next = the 

 Watter's dencity reduced the thermoter from 62 to 20 

 degrees = We Landed Very Early, Cap'^ C & I Walked 

 Through the Woods, and remark^ the Great Difer- 

 ence of Temperature so suddenly felt — 



I bid my farewell to the Ohio at 2 o'clock P.M. and 

 felt a fear gathering involuntarily, every moment 

 draws me from all that is Dear to Me My Beloved 

 Wife & Children— 



The Boats separated on Entering the Mississipi, as 

 being safer to navigate it singly— We felt the better for 

 this and Hope good Cheer will revive again — 



Although I hunted a good Deal this Day I saw but 

 Little and Nothing New, a few King Fishers, some 

 Divers, Geese Ducks— some Gold Finches the Notes 

 of Which reminded Me of the Canary Birds, a few 

 Blue Geays, Now & then the Plaintive farewell note 

 of the Blue Bird: rather sorry that the Strong Current 



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