Wednesday, April 15, 1868.
  Clear most of A.M.
Most of P.M. cloudy
but did not rain.
Ther. about 36[degrees] - 70[degrees] - 
55[degrees]. Rose as usual
and exercised the dogs.
Also fed Billy. Walked
down to school with E. Dodge,
Theo and the rest & we all
got late. Coming home
bought a pound of  wrought
& a pound of finishing nails.
After lunch R. Deane
called. Then I went up
to the R's & spent the P.M.
with Theo calking our
boat & putting in the
seats. Went up to the
R's in evening. We only
study our Greek out of school
now. The toads began to
sing at night. Only a small
patch of snow & ice remains
behind our wood shed.
Cow Buntings are quite numerous.
[margin]R. Deane shot a Sp. Hawk & found five Black Crows eggs.[/margin]
Thursday, April 16, 1868.
  Cloudy and very warm.
Began to rain at 9 A.M.
& rained most of P.M.
Ther. about 50[degrees] - 70[degrees] - 60.
Rose as usual and exercised
the dogs giving Billy a
few dry pieces of bread.
Coming home from school
Theo & I tried to get some
tar for our boat but could
not. Spent first part of P.
M. in making stands for
ground birds & made about
twenty. Then went up to
see R. Deane who was stuffing
the Hawk shot yesterday.
On the way up heard a Frog
that we hear in the night in
summer & found two floating in
Carters pond. They were reddish
green above, red beneath, & sang
by puffing out their throats! their
eyes were large and prominent & of
a yellowish color. Studied at
R's in evening.