1868
Friday, December 25.
  Clear but very cold.
Ther. about 1 [degrees]—20 [degrees]—
10 [degrees]. Rose as usual.
Worked most of the
A.M. & all the P.M.
on my new boat &
made two seats &
a locker for it.
J. Nichols & R. Deane
spent most of the
A.M. with me & R.
Deane the P.M.
Went up to the Deane's
in the evening & saw
Mr. Dexter & wife.
Received as Christmas
presents, two knives,
two books, sleeve buttons
& C. & C.
1868
Saturday, December 26.
  Clear but very cold.
Ther. about 12 [degrees]—20 [degrees]—
10 [degrees]. Rose as usual.
After breakfast went
up to get Ruth to go
shooting but he was not
at home. Started off
alone at 10 A.M. went
up through the Cemetary
to the "feeding ground"
where I saw several
Crossbills & shot a Pur. Finch
for measurements. Then
kept on and came across
about a dozen Pin. Grosbeaks
& fifteen or twenty Robins.
Shot two Robins at a shot
Dart fetched one of them
nearly to me. On the way
back went to a hole in the ice of the
river where some ducks had
been seen. Saw a fellow who had
speared about one hundred eels.
Got back at 3 P.M. Went down
to the planing mill in the rockaway
& got my bird stand that I had
turned out.