Tuesday, August 25, 1868.
  Clear and pleasant.
Ther. about 60[degrees] - 70[degrees] - 
65[degrees]. Rose at 4.30 A.M.
& went over to the pond
with R. Deane. I rowed
up to the head in my
boat and soon after I
landed I got 4 Yl. Legs.
Shot three more Yl. Legs
in the course of the morning
& one Rd. Br. Snipe.
I saw two Tell Tales.
Got back at 8 A.M.
After breakfast picked the
birds. R. Deane shot
eleven Peeps at a shot.
Then went out after [?]
but saw none. Got the
boat in the breakers &
swamped her purposely.
In the P.M. stuffed
the Sandp. & R. Deane a
Semi. Sandp. They had
a grand ball at the
Ocean House this evening.
Wednesday, August 26, 1868.
  Clear and pleasant.
Ther. about 60[degrees] - 75[degrees] - 
60[degrees]. Rose at 5 A.M.
and went over to the
Eel pond. Got a shot at
two Tell Tales but the caps
only mapped. Shot a
Kingfisher flying. Then
R. Deane shot a Teal &
fired at the other as it rose.
It lit on the sea so I dragged
my boat across & went out
after it but could not get
a shot. Then shot two Tell 
Tales one sitting & the other
flying. Bathed as usual.
After dinner R. Deane
stuffed his Teal & I went
over to the pond. Shot
a Kingfisher & a Yl. Legs.
Fired at a Golden Plover.
W. Philbrick killed a very
handsome Golden Plover.