1867
Sunday, December 22.
  Cloudy all day and rained
most of the time. There
was also a thick fog. Ther.
about 32 [degrees]—44 [degrees]—40 [degrees].
Rose at about 8.30 A.M.
and fed my dog but did
not attend either church
or Sabbath school. Wrote
a letter to Charlie Carter
in A.M. and read a
good deal. Read most
of P.M. In the latter
part of P.M. walked up
to Mt. Auburn with
father and took Don
and Jack. Read most
of the evening. Saw a brown
creeper and heard several
golden crests and tree sparrows.
1867
Saturday, December 24.
  Clear and a lovely day for
the season and very warm.
Ther. about 24 [degrees]—40 [degrees]—
30 [degrees]. Rose as usual and
fed the setter before breakfast.
After breakfast had to wait
some time for Ruth. Then
we started in a sleigh with
the General & Bill dropped us in
the middle of the Bittern swamp.
Saw a rf grouse. Then met a man
fox hunting; then fired at a rabbit;
then saw a young bald eagle; then eat
lunch; then Ruth fired at a snow bunt;
then tried to head off the fox hounds;
then down Concord avenue; then
across 'the pond' where they were
marking; heard a tit lark; then
home. Everywhere we went in
Lexington we saw plenty of fox
tracks, indeed there was scarcely
a field that they had not crossed.
Saw a blue jay.