Sunday, August 9, 1868.
  Morning broke cloudy
& raining hard. Cleared
off about 10 A.M.
Rest of day clear.
and the afternoon the
lovliest I think that 
I ever beheld. The air
was clear as a crystal with
a cool breeze & the golden
sunlight played over
the freshly washed foliage.
R. Deane came down
in the first part of A.
M. & staid till noon.
After dinner wrote up
my record. Then took
a ride with father & aunt
Lizzie through Mt. Auburn
& around through Belmont
& Arlington. In the
latter town saw an albino
Robin that was almost
pure white.
Monday, August 10, 1868.
  Clear and warm.
Ther. about 65[degrees] - 78[degrees] - 
65[degrees]. Rose at 4.30 A.M
& went up to the Deane's
where I found R. Deane
& Mr. Dexter waiting for me.
Walked down to 'the pond'.
& found our boat nearly full
of water. Baled it out & carried
Mr. Dexter out to the point
when he backed out. Then
R. Deane shot a Kingfisher.
I fired next at one sitting.
Then shot a Red Wing (female) &
a Sp. Sandp. Got home at about
11 A.M. firing several times at
Md. Larks on the way. Shot 
five Robins at five shots in the
yard. Jup. retrieved them all
& I made him point dead. In latter
part of P.M. went up to the pond
& practiced casting with my
fly rod. Saw a flock of thirteen
(13) Wood Ducks. Saw two Sp. Sandp.
mount into the air.
Got home at 8 P.M.