Sunday, December 26, 1869.
  Cloudy and rained
hard most of the day.
Ther. about 34[degrees] - 40[degrees] - 
35[degrees]. Rose as usual.
Attended church
in A.M. walking
down with the
boys. Spent the
afternoon and
evening in the house.
Monday, December 27, 1869.
  Cloudy and rained
most of the day. In
A.M. skinned the two
Sandpipers from the
market and the birds
taken Friday.
In P.M. got Mr. Snow
to fix my boat and
then took the car for
the Pond and called
to see H. Henshaw
but did not find him 
in. In the evening
Lyons called to see
my collection and
stayed about an hour.
The ground is now
almost entirely bare
with the exception of
a few drifts lying here
and there under
the walls.