Concord, Massachusetts.
1891.
Occt. 22 
Carlisle. - Forenoon clear, still and warm. A dense pall
of clouds overspread the sky about noon and, after a
slight sprinkle of rain, broke away along the western
horizon towards sunset when a strong N.W. wind rose
and the temperature fell decidedly. At 10 P.M. the
sky was still overcast and the wind strong & cold.
[margin]Partridge shooting[/margin]
  Starting at 9.45 Melvin and I drove directly to
the "Parker Lot". On the way we saw many flocks.
While I was dressing this morning I heard one
singing with as much fervor as in spring.
[margin]Bluebird in full song[/margin]
  We beat the "Parker Lot" without starting anything
and then tried "Wadleigh's Run". Scarcely had
we entered this cover when both dogs began
drawing, evidently on Partridge scent. Melvin soon  
put up three birds and his dog [deleted]soon[/deleted] afterwards
started two more. He fired only one shot (a nine)
and I none. Everything seemed to work badly
although the birds lay hard and the dogs
behaved well but somehow we were always in the
wrong places when the birds rose. Two of them
went down in the lower end of the run and
Melvin followed them I taking a position on
the hillside opposite. One of the birds soon
flushed in front of Melvin and came out
past me within 25 yards. I fired both barrels
hitting it so hard with the first that it
came to the ground within 40 yds of me
but when I went to the spot if fluttered
out on the further side of a bush and