Friday, March 20, 1868.
  A.M. clear and pleasant.
P.M. cloudy with an
East wind. Ther. About
32[degrees] - 38[degrees] - 28[degrees].
Rose a little early exercising
the dogs and making Jup
fetch a Robin several
times. He will "who"
perfectly now and will
fetch from the  summer
house to the barn.
Walked down with R.
Deane. After lunch
took my fishing pole
and went up to the
pond back of the ice house
but although the fish
were jumping they would
not bite. Met R. Deane
then. Got back at 4 P.M.
made Jup. fetch a good
deal when I had put away
the pole. Read in evening.
Father bought a book case for Theo.
Saturday, March 21, 1868.
  A most singular day.
Ther. about 30[degrees] - 34[degrees] - 20[degrees].
Yesterday the snow had all gone
the grass quite green, the posts
all out of the ground except
in the swamps, & the roads &
sidewalks dry. This morning
broke cloudy, blowing a perfect
gale and the air thick with
falling snow; about 8 inches had
fallen. Snowed hard all day
& at 10 P.M. the snow was still falling.
 By night about eighteen inches
on the level had probably fallen
although it is hard to ascertain as it
drifted wonderfully. Rose at 5 A.M.
intending to go shooting for the day with
R. Deane but went back to bed again.
Spent all the A.M. playing billiards
with E. Dodge & R. Deane. Spent the P.M.
at R. Deane's in and out of their house.
Studied at R's in evening. Saw two pairs
of Blue Birds under the lee of some low
bushes, all numbers of Robins & Song
Sparrows running over the surface
[margin]of the snow. The ground is not frozen at all under the snow. There is more snow on the ground than there
has been at any one time before this winter[/margin]
[margin]Two Redpolls one a male were seen at Concord Mass[/margin]