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attentively for some Minutes they were in a Low 

 damp & Shady part of the wood. I Killed the femelle 

 & have joined it to my drawing of a Male — I was 

 anxious to procure her Mate but the discharge of my 

 Gun so alarmed it that it flew off and I could not see 

 it more — those Birds resemble the young of the Blue 

 eyed Warbler of Willson in much of their plumage but 

 not in Manners and are a scarce species — 



* This entry under August 29*^ is written across the 

 entry of August 4*^ in a different ink. 



Sunday August 12*^ 1821 



We left this morning after an early breakfast to go 

 and explore a Famous Lake about 5 J Miles from this 

 where we were to find (as told) great many Very fine 

 Birds — the walk to it was pleasant being mostly 

 through rich MagnoHa Woods, We Killed Two Wood 

 Ducks in a Small pond that we had to leave on a/c of 

 the depth of the Hole, but that were excellently well- 

 come to Two Red Shouldered Hawks that Carried them 

 off in our Sight — these Last are the only Birds of this 

 Kind I have seen at this season in this part of Louisi- 

 anna — We saw a singularly rich col<^ spider that find- 

 ing a Horse fly just entangled in her Net move to it 

 and covered it in a Moment with the silk of her bag, 

 Shooting it out in a stream and at the same time roll- 

 ing the fly untill the whole Likened the appearance of 

 a Small oblong ball of White Silk, the Spider then re- 



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