AUDUBON JOURNAL 



-Saturday io*^- 



Gave My Lecons at M" Braud— Called on M^ 

 Hawkins who visited me to see father Antoines Draw- 

 ing—Concluded to have the Engraving he Wished 

 Me to Copy for not exceeding 50S wishing it could be 

 done as soon as possible — Saw M^ John Clay — very 

 Pohte to Me— 



Weather Very beautifull but Cold Drew a female 

 of the Gadwall Duck a remarkably fine Specimen — 

 sent Me by My Hunter Gilbert — 



M' Basterop at My Lodgings — Wished that I should 

 Join him in a Painting of a Panorama of this City — 

 but My Birds My Beloved Birds of America feel all 

 my time and nearly My thoughts I do not Wish to 

 See any other Perspective than the Last Specimen of 

 them Drawed — No News from My Beloved Lucy nor 

 Children, Very uneasy on their Silence — Mississipi 

 falling fast — 



New Orleans Sunday November 11*^ 1821 



Saw John Gwathway early this Morning, who told 

 me that My Wife Intended Leaving Louisville about 

 the first Instant in a Small Steam Boat for this Place 

 — and this News Kept me Nearly Wild all day. Yet 

 No Boat arrived No Wife No Friend yet near — 



The Weather Beautifull & Warm Dined at Pamar 

 — Drew a good Deal. Visited Basterop— Joseph hunt- 



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