[Journal, June 18 to November 26, 1929]
Page 41
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by American Museum of Natural History Library. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Monday Throughout the whole march the band played the same piece over and over. The whole affair impressed both myself and Dr. White that the whole affair was done to order there being no spontaneous show after from its crowd of natives that followed or the spectators. November 1, 1929 Armistice day saw both Dr. White and myself out in a steel chalette this time after Caimon or crocades. Dr. White had Greenways 22 cal. rifle that he left behind and I a single barreled hammer 12 bore with No 1 shot. I succeeded in drawing first blood and incidently its only on the way up though for saw six or seven others. Dr. White got the next and its biggest we got a little over 4 ft. in length, then we each got one again. Its Whit's when for its big one that finished our day of crocs they seemed very tame for they would come out again after a very short rest wait. I shot two of the same species of Airon that we got on Nov. 9th and I saw several others. They seemed rather common I shot four of the plovers two with the same shot but one was blown