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paces distant but whether any shots took effect we could not tell none were killed outright = one day while hunting for a stray mule I passed within a rod or two of a Prairie wolf who stood & looked at me very impudently. I raised my pistol to fire, but as I had no ammunition, & only one lead, & as I might have need of it before I returned, I let the wolf go, & rode on, image - check mark the birds that are here most plenty are Ravens = Crows =Magpies = Woodpeckers = Ducks = Geese = Cranes etc in the valley above are Elk & antelope & in the hills black tailed Deer & Grizzly bear = an indian came into our camp with fish for sale one fish resembled a sucker another Rock Bass also sun fish & lake herring. 6th left camp for the mines. thought of going to "Reddings Diggings" near the head of the Sacramento = travelled up the east bank of the river = saw the Prairie on fire & four Elk shot at them with my pistol about fifty or sixty rods distant = but probably without effect soon after saw three Antelope & herds of cattle & horses the cattle were