Wednesday, September 30, 1868.
  A.M. clear and cold
P.M. warm, cloudy
& windy. Ther. about
42[degrees] - 60[degrees] - 60[degrees].
Rose at 3.30 A.M.
and went up to the pond.
Got out our decoys at about
5 A.M. and soon three
Black Ducks came over &
I got a female & R. Deane
another. Then shot a Com.
Coot. Then a flock of about
twenty Ruddy Ducks came
into the pond and R.
Deane & I together shot
ten of which two were stolen
& wounded many others. Fired
at a Gr. Bl. Heron. Left the
pond covered with Coots
chasing the remaining ducks.
After school began on a female
Ruddy and finished her at 6 P.M.
Then took a ride around the
pond taking Jup.
Thursday, October 1, 1868.
  Cloudy but no rain.
50[degrees] - 60[degrees] - 50[degrees].
Rose at 3.30 A.M. & went
up to the pond.
Shot two Ruddy Ducks.
In the evening cleaned
both my guns.
In P.M. took Tiger
and carried my boat
up to the pond with
Theo and then sculled
it all over the pond.