Wednesday, October 14, 1868.
Cloudy. Rained most
of the A.M. Ther.
about 50[degrees] - 60[degrees] - 
50. Rose a 4 A.M.
and went up to the
pond. Set out my
decoy off the point.
Then pulled around
the pond & passed a
couple of Rud. Ducks in
Camb. Nook which Ch.
Chen. shot. He also
shot a Com. Coot.
Got back to breakfast.
After school studied
with Theo. Then went
up to 'the pond' with
him fishing, & caught
each a pickerel. Saw a
Fish Hawk. Got back
at 6 P.M. Went to bed
at 8.30 P.M.
Thursday, October 15, 1868.
  Cloudy and rained
most of A.M. Ther.
about 50[degrees] - 60[degrees] - 50[degrees].
Rose as usual. After
school had lunch.
Then took my gun &
Billy & went up to the
pond. Shot two Rusties.
Then saw a Com. Coot in
the swamp and fired
at him. Then finding that
the meadows were full
of Snipe, I began on them
& quickly shot five, when
it became too dark to
shoot. Billy behaved
admirably & made a
great many points.
After supper cleaned
my long gun for to-morrow.