Wednesday, August 28, 1867.
  Alternately cloudy and
clear. Rained several times.
Ther about 70º—80º—75º
Rose at 7.45 A.M. After
breakfast stuffed the tell
tale (male) shot yesterday
and Frank called in and
stayed till dinner. After
dinner he came up again
& after digging some worms we
went up to Country pond &
caught a dozen pond fish. I
carried my gun but did not
get a shot at anything. Saw
two black ducks. a purp[le] martin
& heard a whip-poo-will.
Got back at 8 P.M. Had
supper & went to bed at
9.30 P.M.

Thursday, August 12, 1867.
  Cloudy all day. Rained
hard a number of times.
Ther about 76º—80º—75º.
Rose at 5 A.M. and
went over to Kimbals
pond with Jack. Saw no
ducks but Jack scared
up three ruffed grouse.
Had a feast on the blueberries
& huckleberries. Home at 8.30
A.M. After breakfast
Frank came up and spent
the A.M. with us & took
dinner. In P.M. went over
to Kimbal's pond with him
& fished three hours from a boat.
Caught 8 pond fish. Saw
four ducks. Back at 7.30 P.M.
& found Uncle Henry here. Father
went to Boston & back again.
J. Nichols went into a store.