Thursday, March 12, 1868.
  A.m. clear. P.M. cloudy.
Commenced to rain
in the morning.
Ther. about 18[degrees] - 42[degrees] - 
34[degrees]. Rose at 6.15
A.M. and took a ride
on Tiger. Went up through
Belmont & Waverly & down
by the pond again. Saw
the three first Red Wings
as I went up. Saw a large
Gray Squirrel in Waverly.
The Song Sparrows were
singing in almost every
brush pile. When I came
down by the swamp a
number of red Wings were
singing in different parts of
it. Got back to breakfast. Spent
most of the P.M. in fixing
up my boxes & in
training Jup. making him
"seek" by means of pieces of meat.
[margin]About two thirds of the snow is gone in the fields & the roads are almost entirely bare.[/margin]
Friday, March 13, 1868.
  Cloudy all day.
Rained all last night
and it carried the snow
nearly all off, in fact
little but ice now remains
and the sidewalks are
quite dry. Warblers are
out again among the
small fry. Ther. about
42[degrees] - 54[degrees] - 40[degrees].
Rose about an half an
hour early and got
my Virgel. Exercised
the dogs as usual before breakfast.
Walked down to Henshaw's
house after school and we went
into see Mr. Samuels. I gave him
twelve Black Billed Cuckoos & a
Rose Breasted Grosbeak, & got in
return a Forster's Tern, a Yellow Headed
Blackbird's, & Wood Duck's.
In P.M. took a ride through
Belmont on Tiger. Saw my
first Bluebird. About six
or seven Blue Birds were seen to day.