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nrowii : Uiey did not return until niulu. Durnio- the ride 1 startled a 

 |]arn owl (S/r/.y prafiuro/a ) out of a small tree, and saw an unusual 

 number of C^iail ( (\ vir^i>-/ni<,nns), nearly all of which were in pairs. 

 Wkd.nksday, Ai'RM, 4, ,894: Started xery earlv and hunted 

 laithlully for some hours, but the do-'s failed to lind a fresh trail. 

 Hears are wanderin-- about at this season of the year and do not 

 stay lono- in one place. Saw several fresh deer tracks and dug out 

 the old water holes where the bears <ro to drink. ^Fwo of them were 

 nearly dr\ . 



Thursday, April 5, 1894: As we drove down the beach this 

 morning the sun was just rising aboxe the horizon. The air was 

 cool and damp. A few willets and turnstones were feeding along 

 die beach, and flocks of J^rown Pelicans {P./nsnis) passecfus. Hy- 

 ing parallel to the shore, about two hundred yards from the beach. 

 They flew in line, one behind the other, and they would all llap 

 their wings or sail motionless, following the example of their leader. 

 I intended to 

 hunt some miles 

 further south, 

 but as we had 

 luade rather ,1 

 late start I de- 

 term ined to 

 look a t some 

 old water holes 

 near by, hoping 

 to li n d signs 

 of bear in the 

 vicinity. Lea\- 

 ing the wagon 

 on the beach. 

 1 mounted old 

 Bob, Qiiarter- 



man riding Doctor, while (iale and Pat followed on foot, leading 

 the hounds. Shortly after reaching the edge of a wide marsh we 



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