Thursday, August 26, 1869.
  Clear and pleasant.
Ther. about 60[degrees] - 70[degrees] - 
60[degrees]. Rose at 4.30 A.M
and went out on the
marsh but as nothing
came in, went out
on the point and
shot three or four Peet
Weets & a Yl. Leg.
Bathed as usual in
A.M.
  I slept most of
P.M. and Dan crept
up to a couple of
Tell Tales and secured
one of them at a long
shot.
  In the evening went
up to Wild Hall and
viewed a "German"
through the window.
Went to bed at 8.30 P.M.
Set out our live duck
this evening.
Friday, August 27, 1869.
  Clear and cold. Ther.
about 60[degrees] - 68[degrees] - 60[degrees].
Rose at 5 A.M. & went
out on the marsh.
found a flock of seven
Teal at our decoys.
Crept up to within a
long shot & killed one
sitting, then Dan took
one flying & Tom
Philbrick a third, also
on the wing. After that
killed a Grassbird & returned
home. In A.M. bathed
as usual.
  In P.M. I stuffed my
Teal & Dan his Teal &
a Tell Tale.
  In the evening went
over to Farragut 
House and saw Miss
Bartlett.