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36 [[underline]] Olympia by land [[\underline]] [[left margin]] 1. O. [[\left margin]] [[left margin]] May 2nd [[\left margin]] [[left margin]] Rainy weather [[\left margin]] Have been since last date at this place on account of bad weather. There has been a constant succession of showers with short intervals of sunshine. This afternoon just before sunset there was a very fine rainbow, but it soon began to rain again. Wind S mostly. [[left margin]] Hirmaela hicolos [[\left margin]] Noticed here a pair of fish Hawks. The W.B. Swallow is now abundant. Have been reviewing & reading books relating to the country & its products. [[left margin]] birds [[\left margin]] [[left margin]] (8th [[drawing of crescent moon]] [[\left margin]] Besides the above swallow the principal "town birds" are W.C. Sparrow Sialia On Truglot. (Amer'n.) Fising.gutt. & F. (n.d.) [[left margin]] 10th [[\left margin]] Yesterday the weather cleared off with a N. wind though it still remained cloudy, air cool. Today left Olympia at 10 A.M. to walk to the Nisqually River. [[left margin]] woods [[\left margin]] [[left margin]] Picus ruber [[\left margin]] Road for three miles through woods of the normal[[?]] large trees, where I saw a Picus ruber silently flying about. Then passed through a large prairie mostly cultivated & bordered with @.contosta?[[?]] growing much larger & finer than on coast. [[left margin]] Vireo solitar. song [[\left margin]] Shot here a Vireo which sang so exactly like Carpod.purp. that I thought it that bird till I shot it - its song is louder. After another mile of timber traversed an undulating prairie [[underline]] thickly [[\underline]] covered in some places with Oaks. [[left margin]] Hirundo thalass [[\left margin]] About these I've seen green swallows were sporting in flocks of 10+ [[end page]] [[start page]] 37 [[underline]] to Ft. Nisqually [[\underline]] [[left margin]] May 10th + [[\left margin]] [[left margin]] valley [[\left margin]] Crossing this prairie 2 miles reached the high & steep descent into the Nisqually valley. [[left margin]] trees [[\left margin]] This is here about 3 miles wide with a thick growth of maples cedar & poplars along the banks. The Cedars are the largest I ever saw some measuring 12ft in Diam'r Saw flocks of Grosbeaks? flying among the Poplars tops wittering their loud single whistling call notes. [[left margin]] 11th [[\left margin]] Left Packwoods at 8 A.M. & after walk of 4 miles arrived at the Nisqually Farm. [[left margin]] Prairies [[\left margin]] The prairie commenced soon after leaving valley & was more undulating than on the other side. [[left margin]] [[Fringet aurocaps?]] [[\left margin]] Noticed several Gold crowned sparrows among the scrub oaks. They made no sound but a faint chirp. [[left margin]] Columbus Carolin [[\left margin]] At the first[[?]] saw a number of Doves which are said to have just arrived - & do not winter here - also numbers of the Purp. Finch, Bluebirds, &c. In a swamp near here is a deposit of [[underline]] Peat [[\underline]] [[left margin]] 12th + [[\left margin]] [[left margin]] beach [[\left margin]] Walked down to the beach which resembles that all long the Sound. [[left margin]] Plants [[\left margin]] Noticed the Rlanstri[[?]] lobata growing here. The Canothus[[?]] reclutinus[[?]] also grows near here & both are probably emigrants from the East side - brought across by some former water course. [[left margin]] [[?Asslocle oritia]] [[\left margin]]Saw skins of the Sewellel which Dr Tolmire says is abundant in all the river bottoms most so in the Cowlitz & that formerly all the indians were clothed with its skins. [[left margin]] [[?Leposira]] habits [[\left margin]] Mr Gibbs also saw it near the Snag grass. The Indian shepherds have seen it sunning over the ground when covered with snow at Niag. R.
