Monday, December 7, 1868.
  Cloudy, Snowed a
little in A.M. P.M.
warm with Southerly
wind & pouring
torrents of rain. Ther.
about 24[degrees] - 40[degrees] - 46[degrees].
Rose as usual. Walked
down with Theo.
After getting back from
school had lunch as
usual.  Then helped father
get his slighs down.
In latter part of P.M.
cleaned both my
double guns, & put the
longest away for the
winter.  Studeied at Rs'
in the evening
Tuesday, December 8, 1868.
  A.M cloudy & snowed
a good deal.  P.M.
clear and very windy.
36[degrees] - 38[degrees] - 30[degrees].
Rose at 6 A.M. &
went up to the pond.
Shot a Herring Gull
off Pickerel Point. He
flew out & dropped: then
drifted into the ice. Sent
Dart in and he came
near getting drowned in
getting out again. Saw
two male Buff-breasted
Mergansers, and a female.
Got back at quarter past
eight, & was late to school.
In P.M. went up to the pond
with R. Dean & got our
large boat home. Got my
Gull coming across the cove,
& found great difficulty in
getting free from the ice.
Got my new suit with coat
tails at Dalton's this evening