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saw live, and in the evening' he went there again 

 and killed another; they are beginning to change 

 coloui' now. Several saddlebacks ^ and a pair ot* 

 eagles were seen to day; and from the top of the 

 hill I cunhl perceive that the ice was broken up 

 on the outside of Sandy Point. By tlie saddle- 

 backs coming up here, 1 am certain that the ice 

 is gone off the coast, so far as to leave a clear 

 passage all along shore. 



A clear dny, with gentle frost. 



SatunUni, April 20, 1776. We went our rounds 

 as usual, and ui)un Oreat Marsh Jack saw^ a w^olf 

 struggling in one of his small, double-spring traps; 

 but just as he got up to him, one of the springs 

 came off and he got aw^ay. The boy then shot him 

 through the flank with a ball, and pursued him a 

 long way into the woods; but not being able to 

 come up with him, he turned up to the top of the 

 hill which I was upon the twelfth ult. from whence 

 he could see that the ice was driven some distance 

 off the coast, and w^as broken ui3 as high as the 

 west end of the north Hare Island. He brought 

 home a porcupine and a spruce-game. The tickles 

 are daily l)]-eaking up slowly; the snow goes off 

 fast; and, as we haA^e not had so much as usual 

 this last winter, T expect it will nil be gone early. 

 Plenty of saddlel)acks come up here, and there 

 are now" many flocks of snowbirds.' 



Fridaji, April 2G, 1770. Jack and T went round 

 our traps; he had a silver fox and a wolvering. 



' Or (?TPat blafk-backod gull, LnrvM mnrimis. 



* He refers probably to the suow bunting, Plertrohcnax niralis. 



