Sunday, November 15, 1868.
  A.M. cloudy. P.M.
clear. Ther. about
40[degrees] - 45[degrees] - 40[degrees].
Rose  as usual & shaved.
Attended church in
A.M. In P.M. took
a walk up around
''the pond'. with R. Deane.
The Gulls come into
the pond regularly,
now, every morning.
Read & studied most
of evening.
Monday, November 16, 1868.
  Clear and a beautiful
day. Ther about 30[degrees] - 
40[degrees] - 26[degrees]. Rose as
usual. After school
rode up through
Belmont in my open
buggy. Saw a Red Tailed
Hawk sitting in a field
near the roadside, &
riding through a gate into
the field, got a long flying
shot  and killed it.
Then beat the neighboring
thickets for Woodcock but
found none. Then rode over
Well. hill & tried again.
Billy found & pointed a Rf.
Grouse, but it rose out of
range. He also started a
rabbit. Came home by Smith's
pond where I saw two ducks. Tied
my horse & got a fellow to paddle
me after them but they dove
out of range. Fired a long
shot at one of them.