98 April 22 a wide effacer of ice and the X with this crouching movement and stealthy step almost recalled a file of Indians on the war path. This same crouching position was most invariably assumed when they were walking about – the head drawn in between the shoulders and all pointing down. When resting in the sun however the body was very perfectly thrown back and all crushing on the breast. At frequent intervals one or other of them would utter the cry previously referred to as heard at Belmont four years ago. It was a rapidly enunciated cup- cup – cup – cup-cup-cup-cup, nutted with a slightly falling inflection and varied occasionally to keep-keep- keep etc. Once I saw an make a gun at another holding his long bill nearly horizontally like a man in rest; but this adversary declining the combat turned tail and snaked off rapidly through the grass. After reloading them finally I hurried to my own boots, Parker gun & 'the fury' and returning started them from nearly the same place making a good double among the first that ran off and securing another the swift moment at very long range. I found the Indians (9 stated in all) to the upper marshes I hunted for them a long time (in vain) but,