AUDUBON JOURNAL 



to find here those Birds in aboundance 3 Months 

 after they have left the Midle States, and to Know 

 that they Winter Within 40 Miles in Multitudes is 

 one of the Gratifications the Most Exquisite I ever 

 Wish*! to feel in Ornithological Subjects and that Puts 

 [an] compleat Dash over all the Nonsense Wrote about 

 their Torpidity during Cold Weather; No Man could 

 ever have enjoyed the Study of Nature in her all 

 Femine Bosomy Wild and err^ so Wide — 



Oct^ 3 1"* 1 82 1 New^ Orleans 



Begun giving Lessons of Drawing to M" Brand and 

 Young Master W'"" Brand this Day at 3 Dollars per 

 Lesson — 



Spent some time at Work on Father Antoine and 

 My Drawing of My American Hare — 



Received a Visit of M^ Pamar, M^ Dimitry and 

 Dumatras 



Weather Warm in the Morning, Much fish Con- 

 demned in the Market — also some Game — Excellent 

 regulations — the Wind Shifted to the Northwest and 

 I premidited Cold Weather by the Swallows flying 

 South about noon at Night quite Cool — What Knowl- 

 edge these Litle Creatures possess and how true they 

 are in their Movements — 



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