Extracts from a MS. Journal. 95 



Forward. In this position, he would pluck the long 

 hairs of the dog's tail. But he would always take 

 care to place his feet in such a manner as to be ready 

 to start off, when the dog was roused and snapped at 

 him. 



It would be endless (observes my ingenious friend, 

 in the conclusion of his entertaining account of the 

 crow) to recount instances of this bird's understand- 

 ing, cunning, and operations, which, certainly, exhi- 

 bited incontestible demonstrations of a regular com- 

 bination of ideas, premeditation, reflection, and con- 

 trivance, which influenced his operations. 



XXVI. Extracts from a MS. Journal* of the late Mr. 

 James Boyd, of Lancaster, in Pennsylvania. 



CLARKSVILLE is situated on the N. W. 

 side of the River Ohio. It contains about twenty- 

 five cabins. (See Note 1, at the end of this paper.) 

 Here I staid all night. 



One of the inhabitants (of Clarksville) caught a 

 Cat-fish, which weighed 115 pounds. I saw no other 

 part of it but the head, which we weighed, and found 

 it to be 40 pounds. It was eleven inches and a half 



* This Journal was communicated to me in the year 1786, and 

 the journey to which it relates was performed the preceding year. 

 Editor. 



