1891.
Nov. 7
Concord, Massachusetts
Concord, Acton & Carlisle. - A bright, sunny day, rather
cold in the early morning with high N. wind, calm &
warm in the afternoon. At sunset clouds were
gathering and an east wind started.
[margin]Woodcock and Partridge shooting[/margin] 
  I started at the usual time over the usual road 
this morning, with George, "Charley" & "Don". Stopped
first at the knoll near Bateman's Pond. On
reaching this cover Don began "drawing" at once and
after some delay finally started a small and very
nimble Woodcock, which went off behind a pine
giving me no chance for a shot. I marked it
down in a piece of oak scrub and was on
the point of getting over the wall when it
rose on the other side and [deleted]again[/deleted] once more escaped unshot
at. I did not succeed in finding it again.
My next stop was at Farrar's hill which I
beat thoroughly, seeing nothing except two
Partridges which rose wild. I then started for
the deserted house to which I had sent George
with the horse. As I was passing around the
head of Melvin's run Don stopped short in
the path, drew a few yards into a thicket
and pointed. I stepped in and passed around
ahead of him when a Partridge started 
between us and went off at great speed,
giving me a quartering shot. At the report
the bird doubled up stone dead and fell
on the edge of a little meadow. After
waiting a few minutes I worked Don up
to the spot and took several Kodak
pictures of him as he was pointing the dead bird.