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March 22. I employed most of my time to day in making two plans of the bridge over the canal. The meteorological tables for Jan, and Feb. appeared in the Louisville Public Advertiser this week.

March 23. Judge B. kept me nearly all the time drawing plans of the bridge, in the following manner,- He would suggest an improvement, and I must draw a plan exhibiting that improvement. Thus I have already drawn three different plans and only in one instance has he made more than one improvement to a plan: And I have even now no hope of being more than half done.

March 23. Martins appeared a few days ago.

March 24. Was engaged nearly all day in assisting Mr. B[?] and Mr. Henry examining patterns of the arch stone of the new stone bridge over the canal. Mr. Audubon says that he hopes the meteorological tables for this month will look more fair than the two preceding months (fair days).

March 25. I had two more plans of the bridge to draw to day, but as I had no paper I was under the necessity of going to Louisville to buy more. In my return I observed three plants in flower of neither of which I do know the name.

The birds that ornamented the fields were the black bird and the martin,-the flocks of pigeons which flew overhead did little more than excite our wonder at their numbers.

Father is now out of business. He had been employed to build the gates of the locks,-about three months ago he started the idea of building an iron gate for the locks, which is now adopted and the building of them is to be done by the directors, not by contractors, so father has in this way thrown himself out of business entirely. Darius brought from the woods east of Louisville two small plants in flower.