Friday, November 26, 1869.
  Clear and a beautiful
day. Ther. about 16[degrees] - 
38[degrees] - 28[degrees].
Rose as usual.
Spent the day in
the house as I had
a very bad sore throat.
Spent most of the
day in measuring
and catalogueing
skins and did a good
many.
There must have
been good skating on all of
the smaller ponds.
Saturday, November 27, 1869.
  Cloudy and still snowed
a number of times.
Ther. about 30[degrees] - 40[degrees] - 
38[degrees].
Rose as usual. After
breakfast went down
to the old place with
father and went all over
the house. Met H.
Henshaw there and he
turned back and rode
home on the car with
me. Went into Boston
bought a pair of boots. some
tags, 25 lbs of dust shot
and saw Dr. Derby.
Came out on the 3 P.M. train
and seeing a duck (Lopho
Cucullatus) on the pond went
down after him but was
unable to get a shot.
Lopho. Cucullatus, saw one.