Wednesday, July 22,1868.
  Clear but warm.
Ther. about 70[degrees] - 90[degrees] - 
75[degrees]. Rose as usual.
At 9 A.M. got Bill to
carry me down to
Henshaw's. We went out
on to the marshes where
we spent the forenoon.
I shot five & he four
Least Sandp. but no
Semipalmated. Saw two
Yellow Legs & two Ring
Necks. Went in swimming.
Bill came down for me
at 2.30 P.M. After dinner
went up to see R. Deane
& spent the afternoon
with him. In the evening
sat out on the piazza
as usual. Gooseberries
nearly all gone. Wrens still
singing.
Thursday, July 23, 1868.
  Clear but quite cool.
Ther. about 62[degrees] - 75[degrees] - 
70 - [degrees]. Rose as usual.
After breakfast went
up to the Rs' & got Theo
to go to ride. Rode up
through Lexington &
Waltham where we got
some sweet fern. Came
down through Waverly
where we saw a flock
of several hundred Crow
Blackbirds. In P.M.
went up 'to the pond'
and went in swimming.
I swam out to a stake
in 'the pond'. Then
rowed around 'the pond'
with J. Nichols. The
Crow Blackbirds & Red Wings
still continue to fly North
in large flocks, indeed it
seems as if there was no
end to them.