found watching one of them said it 
was a trout but afterwards confessed
some doubts on this point.
  The little river was quite pretty in
places. Willlows grew along its banks
& overhung the water. In one of them
I saw a party of seven or eight
Blue Tits. A Spotted Flycatcher was
perched higher up darting out at
frequent intervals over the water.
While I was watching these birds a
Wood Pigeon with one primary missing
passed high over head.
  My walk extended half a mile or
more further through a walled lane
with large places on each side &
many flower gardens where one
could see them. Returning I
saw three Swifts flying high
over the town just before I
reached "Unicorn". Sparrows
are common birds as everywhere in
England.
Fountains Abbey.
Ripon to Durham
Aug 24. Cloudy and cool with light
showers. 
  Started for Fountains Abbey at 10 A.M. in
a landau. 3 M. [miles] first open country,
then through a gate into a park
more broken & diversified than usual with
fine old trees, many cattle, a few deer,
& a very few rabbits. Birds numerous
and Robins singing well. Passed
around edge of pond where keeper was
exercising a pack of a dozen or more
Dach[s]hunds and alighted at gate of
Abbey grounds. 15 each admittance.
From here we had to walk 3/4 mile
through winding drive bordered by yew
hedges with vista views, one over a meadow
with ponds & thus: [diagram] Ponds. River
There were noble trees & luxuriant
shrubbery on every side with dense
woods in the background. One
Norway spruce 132 ft. high. As
a piece of landscape gardening I
have seen nothing to compare with