Journal, v4151
Page 399
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Transcription
Wm B. Richardson 1935 General Account 7 Unidentified bird, probably a duck or grebe. 1 Rurograthus. 1 Skink (old tail only) 1 femuseule Cricket The owl stomach I did not examine. Yesterday evening father went to Mr. Giggett home to have a talk with him. He had evidently taken too much of the Christmas spirits internally. He would not talk in an intelligent way, would not listen to reason and worst of all thought he knew it all about the relationship of hawks and quail. He was proud of the pile of hawks and owls he had seized in his back yard. He showed them to father, and said that there were 7 & 8 narrow Hawks besides the other hawks such as the Red-tailed (about 3), Sharp shinned & Cooper's (about 9) and Long Eared Owl (2). For these he had paid a bounty and maintained that he would continue until he had spent $1000.00. Father tried to reason with him but