1878 Second Trip to Nantucket
Sept. [September] 23 Monday. Clear and a
cool bracing September day. Left
Boston for Nantucket by the 8
A.M. train. Will Stone accompanied
me and I took "Druid" also.
  We reached Woods Hole by 11.15 
but had to wait there until
2 P.M. for the arrival of the
boat. Had dinner at the
Webster House on the hill
above the station. In a tree
that grew near the piazza I
counted four Dendroica coronata.
Embarking on the "River Queen"
we had an uneventful sail
across the Sound. Near Oak
Bluffs I saw more Terns than
I have ever met with in that
vicinity before - at least thirty
of them, all apparently S. [Sterna] hirundo.
Arrived at Nantucket at 5 P.M.
and went directly to Mrs. W.
C. Folger[']s where we took the familiar
old room.
1878  Nantucket
Trip to Hummock pond
Sept. [September] 24 Tuesday. Clear and
a fine day, a little warmer than
yesterday. Started off directly
after breakfast in a wagon that
we hired of Mr. Thomas. Drove
first to Reed pond where I made
a long shot at a Greebe [sic] [Grebe] (P. [Podilymbus] podiceps)
which got up from a little pond-
hole. "Druid" swam out to the
first but would not touch it so I
waded in & got it myself. The
Duck he retrieved in good style.
They were the first birds he had
ever seen and this morning
he heard the report of a gun
this morning for the first time.
We next drove to Hummock 
pond where we eat [sic] lunch
and I shot a Sterna hirundo
that flew overhead. Between
Reed and Hummock ponds
we saw a flock of about