Thursday, July 30, 1868.
Cloudy as usual here. Rained
hard for about an hour.
in A.M. Ther. about
60[degrees] - 70[degrees] - 60[degrees]. Rose
at 8 A.M. & had breakfast
very late. After breakfast  'loafed'
for about an hour in the
billiard room as it was raining
hard. Then saw Hiram &
after getting some beef for
bait went down to Echo
lake & trolled for Pickerel
but caught none. Saw   
a Muskrat, a Wood [?]
Winter Wren & numerous
Warblers. Got back to dinner
at 2 P.M. After dinner
went down to Profile lake
with Theo & I caught
ten & he two trout with bait
none of them being very
large. Got back at 8 P.M.
Saw a Yl. Crowned [?]
Friday, July 31, 1868.
  Cloudy but warm for this
region. Ther. about 65[degrees] - 78[degrees] - 
65[degrees]. Rose at 6 A.M.
& took at 6.30 breakfast.
Then rode down to the Basin
on Mardens coach & began
to fish down the stream.
After walking down about a
quarter mile we turned
up West branch where we
caught our best trout one of
mine weighing at ¼ of a
pound. Took lunch at the
summit of Walker's Falls.
Then fished down to the
main stream which we
followed some distance below
the bridge. Saw no birds but
a few Hermits & a Canada
Flycatcher. Walked home
getting here at about 8 P.M.
with 130 trout, I seventy
& Theo sixty.