01138 5 breakfast papa said to Mamma What a funny breakfast this is ice-cream catfish instead of much milk but we had
mush milk too venison mutton ham eggs bread. but the funniest things were the little spotted fishes the ice-cream. An Indian
man with long black hair, who never washed his face caught the fishes in a big creek that people call the Merced River A little
boy that lives here has a funny little tiny donkey that has long ears big sleepy eyes the boy climbs up on to the donkeys
back ships him makes him trot trot trot up down the valley the boy never falls off everybody looks at the donkey because it
looks so little funny. There are many mules here too horses cows some queer little dogs. quails robins owls. they make a loud
noise some times neighing lowing braying barking singing piping but the falling water coming down out of