Concord Mass.
1893 
July 18 
(No 3)                                                            
  Soon after the Red-wing had been driven away                       
from the roost on the Barrett meadow, in fact before
they had quite disappeared in the gloom a flock of
twenty Barn Swallows came dashing past flying low
over the water, doubling & twisting like so many Snipe
and making a great outcry as if alarmed or excited.
After whirling about for several moments they swept
in over the meadow and apparently alighted in the
Phaleris at the very spot which the Blackbird had
evacuated. I say apparently because I did not actually
see any of the birds alight but merely lost sight of
them at this point and failed to see them reappear
against the sky or over the water lower down river.
On several occasions last year I saw Swallows flying
about this Blackbird roost at evening and once or twice
was nearly sure that they alighted in Phaleris
although I neve rcould settle the point definitely.
[margin]Barn Swallows[/margin]
  Repeatedly last summer I noticed that the swarms                             
of mosquitos which frequently followed me up river
at evening invariably left me at Flints' bridge.
This evening I tested the question with some care. A
large number of the little wretches had followed me
closely all the way from the cabin. So long as I
paddled at top speed they did not not annoy me much
but I could hear them humming in my wake.
When I stopped they would close in around my head
by dozens. I stopped within a few yards of the
bridge & found that whole pack were in close
attendance. I then paddled slowly in under on of the
arches & waited there for ten minutes or more. During this
time I did not see nor hear a single mosquito!
[margin]Mosquitos 
will not 
follow a 
boat under
Flints' bridge.[/margin]