Saturday, January 4, 1868.
  Cloudy and snowed
all day about 6 inches
having fallen Ther.
about 30 - 40 - 14. Rose at
5.30 A.M. and went
shooting with R Deane
he taking my gun, and
I using the musket. Went
through Belmont and
Waltham and reached
home at 4.30 P.M. covered
with snow. Fired twice
at Bluejays, once at a
Gray Squirrel and once
into his nest. Saw about
20 Snow Buntings, a Song-
Sparrow, Tree Sparrow,
Downies, Bluejays, and a
rabbit. R Deane fired
at a Musk-rat. Saw a Downie
asleep. Went up to the Russells
in the evening. Went to bed
at 9 P.M.
Sunday, January 5, 1868.
  Clear and a beautiful
day Ther. about 10 - 22 - 12
did not go out of the
house all day. I was confined
by a boil. Read most
of the morning.
  Mr. Paine called in,
in the evening. Father
fed Don. Sleighing is now
very good.