. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Birds; Oiseaux. â i I' It ,1. I i'l. Ixxxvi LIFE OF WILSON. lar appearance of this moving group, (lie luinglcJ uiusic of the bells, and the shoutings of the drivi is, uiixotl with the echoes of the mountains, joined to the picturesque solitude of the place, and various reflections that hurried through my mind, interested me greatly; and I kept company with them for some time, to lend my assistiinco if necessary. " The country now becani
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Birds; Oiseaux. â i I' It ,1. I i'l. Ixxxvi LIFE OF WILSON. lar appearance of this moving group, (lie luinglcJ uiusic of the bells, and the shoutings of the drivi is, uiixotl with the echoes of the mountains, joined to the picturesque solitude of the place, and various reflections that hurried through my mind, interested me greatly; and I kept company with them for some time, to lend my assistiinco if necessary. " The country now becaniu mountainous, perpetually oscending and'descend. ing; and about forty-nine miles from Danville, I passed through a pigeon roost, or rather breeding-place, which continued for three miles, and, from information, extended in length for more than forty miles. The timber wuh chiefly beech; every tree was loaded with nests, and I counted, in diflferent places, more than ninety nests on a single tree. Beyond this I passed a largo company of penpje engaged in erecting a horse-mill for grinding grain. The few cabins I passed were generally poor; but much superior in appearance to those I met with on the shores of the Ohio. In the evening I lodged near the banks of Green river. This , like al' the rest, is sunk in a deep gulf, between high, perpendicular walls of limestone; is about thirty yards wide at this place, and runs with great rapidity; but, as it had fallen consider ably, I was just able to ford it without swininiiiig. The water was of a pale greenish color, like that of tlie Licking, and some other streams, from which circumstance I suppose it has its name. The rocky banks of this river arc hollowed out in many places into caves of enormous size, and of great extent. These rocks abound with the .same miusscs of petrified shells so universal in Kentucky. In the woods, a little beyond this, I met a soldier, on foot, from Now Orleans, who had been robbed and plundered by
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