APPENDIX 167 



11. Selections from the Diaries of William Savage for 

 September. 



1856. 18. Killed a Turkey, took it to Salem and 

 sold it for 30 cents. 



1858. 17. Kill first Turkey of this season. 



1859. 18. Painted bird D. B. shot, resembling a 

 moorhen, its name unknown. 



1859. 19. Picked elderberries. 



1860. 6. Very hot. 



1862. 6. Dug in an Indian grave, found nothing 

 but bones. Shot 1 Turkey and 1 fox squirrel. 



1862. 28. Kill 1 f. squir. 2 greys, 1 hawk, 1 Turkey. 

 1868. 11. Commenced Cutting Corn. 



1863. 18. Sandhill cranes and wild geese Hy over. 



1863. 20. Picked a basket of grapes by creek. 



1861. 19. First Frost. 



1864. 20. Finish my corn, set 10 shocks, 91 in all, 

 mostly round ones Avith 3 forks in them for braces ; then 

 cut my buckwheat and set it up; to creek and carry 

 water, strip some cane and dug some sweet potatoes. 



1864. 21. Shot 1 g. hog; caught skunk in trap in 

 field. 



1887. 30. Shot 1 rab. and Rover caught 1 ; then I 

 went to C. Bottom to find some hops; got a few. Shot 

 2 f. s. and 2 g. s. and smoke 1 rab. and trap 4 chewinks. 



1907. 6. Paint some on Northern Butcherbird. 



//. NOTES FOR OCTOBER 



12. There is a note on the ''field-crickets" in Letter 

 XL VI of the Natural History of Selhorne. White speaks 

 of "their cheerful summer cry," but adds: "They are 



