January 14, 1789

Posted by sydney on Jan 14th, 1789

The snow drifted in thro’ the tiling now melts, & floats the ceiling. A Gooseander & a Dun diver, a drake and a duck of the same species, Mergus Merganser, were brought me this morning. They are beautiful birds, never to be seen in the South but in hard frosts: they were shot on the stream at Hedleigh.

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