1893 
June 8 
(No. 2)                                                                                            
Say brook, Connecticut.
  in another pasture similar, as to its general character
& the the bird which it contained, to one already describe
but differing in having  scattered about, in clusters & singly,
a great number of remarkably firm old oaks & hickories.
Among the former were several Quercus bicolor.
  Next came a wood path through scrub with grassy opening
when we looked vainly for a nest of Blue-winged Warbler
until at length we crossed the road and [?] entered a long
narrow swamp where Water Thrushes breed. A pair were
startled and Faxon found the nest with five young feathered
& nearly ready to fly in an earthy root-bank over a stagnant
pool. The male sang once after we left the swamp.
  Passing through more woods we emerged into the most beautiful
pasture that I have ever seen. It comprised about thirty
acres of gently sloping hillside when where the cattle had cropped
the grass as short & smoothly as if a lawn mower had just
been run. Down the middle flowed a small brook and
[delete]everywhere[/delete] scattered about singly and in groups stood
hundreds of magnificent oaks, elms, chestnuts, tupelos, and rum cherries.
[delete]of unusual[/delete] while in every direction the view was bounded
by a solid wall of foliage that marked the line of forest
which completely encircled the place. It reminded me
strongly of an English park but the trees were more
effectively & naturally disposed as well as finer. Such
pasture oaks, chestnuts & elms I have never met with
before. In size, beauty of outline and especially in
luxurious of foliage they one and all excelled
the very first specimens that we have in Massachusetts
We saw this place at its best in the late afternoon light.