Saturday, April 20, 1868.
  Ther. 34[degrees] 40, 36[degrees].
Cloudy all day, began
to rain at about 7 A.M.
but it soon changed into
snow. Snowed til 2 P.M.
about an inch and half
fallen. Rose at 3.15 A.M.
went first up by the pond heard
Rail singing in Snipe Swamp, then
up to Pine Swamp heard a Quail
go "bob white" and started a Wood-
cock, then up to Belmont by the
road and down by the meadows..
Shot a Swamp Sparrow and a
Red wing, heard a Rub Cl Wren,
a Wh. Thrt Sparrow & I saw two Cliff
Swallows, saw a Kingfisher plunge
into his hole. Staid in the old
boat house over an hour to escape
the snow. The pond was covered
with Swallows and the shore with
Y.R. & Y. B. Warbler. Shot 4 Rusties,
2 Crow Black birds, a Barn & Tr H B 
Swallows. Got home drenched to
the skin. In P.M. stuffed a Swamp
Sparrow (male), a Rusty (female),
and a Barn Swallow (male).
Used Mr. Farnum's gun.
[margin] R. Deane went to Plymouth for Mary Flavers[/margin]
Sunday, April 26, 1868.
  A.M. cloudy. P.M.
clear. Ther. about
38[degrees] 56[degrees] 40 -  Rose
as usual and exercised
the dogs. Billy was
sick this morning and
I gave him three raw
eggs. Attended church
in A.M. as usual. In
P.M. took a walk with
R. Deane up to Fresh
pond and saw the Wood
Ducks, saw a number of
Swallows on the pond,
saw several Yellow Rumps
and Yellow Redpoll
Warblers. Went to bed
about 9 o'clock, Wrote
to Charley Carter in
the afternoon.
Mother wrote this
because I had weak eyes.