Monday, September 9, 1867.
  Cloudy all day. Misted a
number of times during the
day and rained hard in the
evening. Ther about 60º—
65º—60º. Rose at 5.30
A.M. and shot four robins
firing four times. Taught
Jack to carry a stick.
Went down to the High School
at 9 A.M. and wrote my
paper. Got out at 10.30 A.M.
Bought ½ lbs of raisins to eat. Had a
lunch at 11.30 & went shooting with
J. Russell round 'the pond' and through
the snipe fields.. Shot a young Car[olina]
rail flying & a bobolink & robin flying. Shot
sitting 5 robins, & a gl. wing woodpecker.
Missed twice. Saw 3 solitaries, & a
fish hawk. Back at 7.30 P.M. Went
up to the Russells in the evening.
[margin]Saw a marsh wren and a Water Thrush
the latter in our yard.[/margin]

Tuesday, September 10, 1867.
Clear and a beautiful day.
A strong wind arose in the
evening. Ther  about 60º—
70º—62º. Rose on in
time to breakfast & had to
hurry to get to school in time.
We were arranged & our lessons
assigned for to-morrow & were
kept in all about one hour.
Got home at 10 A.M.
Had lunch at 11.30 and went
up to C Carter's and we went
shooting, starting at about 2 P.M.
I shot a p[ie[d b[I]ll[ed] grebe, a robin
2 kingfishers (one flying) & a Carolina
rail & a young m[ea]d[ow] lark (both flying).
Went round the pond. Fired at a Grt [?] blue heron. Took a boat for the
grebe. Fired at the grebe 3 times. Home
at 7 pm. C Carter shot a m[ea]d[ow] lark (flying)
Went up to the Russell's in the evening.
[margin]Had a mosquito netting put up.
began to pick bart pears. Got a letter from Dan.