Monday, October 11, 1869.
  Clear and very windy.
Ther. about 60[degrees] - 60[degrees] - 
55[degrees]. Rose at 5 A.M
and rowing up the
river set out our wooden
decoys. Saw nothing
but a Black Duck
and a Fish Hawk
the latter of which I
shot. Got back to breakfast.
Spent the morning about
the house in fixing our
ducks, one of which I
skinned. In P.M. went
up to Fairhaven and
set out our decoys but
saw only two Wood Ducks,
one of which, a drake,
I shot. Got back by 7 P.M.
In the evening went down
town and saw a Velvet
Duck at C. Melvins.
Mall. Velvetina One was caught
in a cornfield in Concord.
Tuesday, October 12, 1869.
  Cloudy and warm.
Ther. about 65[degrees] - 70[degrees] - 
68[degrees].
Rose as usual. After
breakfast packed up
and took the 8.45 train
down to Waltham where
I took a train on the
branch railroad home.
In P.M. went down
to Fresh pond and
took my boat in to the
wharf where I can
get in in the morning.
  They report that ducks
were killed on the pond
both Saturday and
Sunday last.