Thursday, March 26, 1868.
  Clear and a beautiful
day.  Ther about 28[degrees] - 
40[degrees] - 30[degrees]. Rose at 7
A.M. and spent about
an hour making Jup.
fetch over the crust.
Walked down with
R. Deane. When I got
back from school had
lunch and then took
Jack & went up through
the swamps. Fired at two
pickerel in the Musk Rat pond
but missed both; then around
Block Island shot a Red Wing
& saw one of the Hawks seen
yesterday. Heard a Fox Color.
sing splendidly. Fired at a
Musk Rat. Came down by Fresh
pond & shot a Musk Rat at
the mouth of Alewife Brook.
Jack went in but I had to pull
him out over the ice. Saw three
Tree Sparrows, a white Marsh
Hawk & shot a Blue Bird.
[margin]Jack fetch the birds.[/margin]
Friday, March 27, 1868.
  Clear and a pleasant
day, in fact the warmest
that we have had for some
time. Ther. about 30[degrees] - 
54[degrees] - 45[degrees]. Rose at
7 A.M. & exercised the dogs.
Came home through the Square &
bought some peanuts. After
lunch took a ride on Tiger
up Concord Av. & around by
Spy Pond. Saw Quantities
of Red Wings. Got back at
5 P.M. & R. Deane came
down. Just at sunset saw
two Black Ducks fly over towards
'the pond'. At dusk the Robins
were singing everywhere
& I think numbers of the[m] arrived
to day. Purple Finches have
commenced to sing while
floating in the air. Abouit ½
the ground bare & the grass
is getting green. This evening
[margin]commenced to copy into my new ledger. Jup fetched invariably without dropping.[/margin]