Sunday, July 21, 1867.
  Cloudy and rained hard
nearly all day. Partly
cleared up at about
7 P.M. and the clouds
broke in the west but
about an hour later it
clouded over again.
Ther.  about 56º—60º—
56º. Did not go to
church as it rained
very hard. Read most
of the day. Late in
the P.M. took a walk
up to Mt. Auburn with
father. R.  Deane came
down in the evening
& I walked home with
him. Young wood pewees
out of their nests.

Monday, July 22, 1867.
Alternately cloudy and
clear. Had a heavy shower
commencing at 3 P.M. & lasting
about an hour. Ther. about
60º—70º—65º. Rose to
breakfast. After breakfast went
up & got C. Carter & went shooting.
Shot seven bobolinks flying but
got only six. Shot 3 young & 1
old cow bunting sitting. Shot two
Virginian rails flying & 2 cedar birds. Caught two
young spot[ted] sand[pipers] but let them go. Found
a m[ea]d[ow] larks with 5 eggs & a gold finch's
finished. C. Carter shot 2 bobolinks, a
sp[otted] sand[piper] & a sora rail young. Jack
scared up all the rails. Got home
5 P.M. Cleaned my guns, got 7
eggs from the hens & cleaned my
birds. Some poison came out on my
wrist.