1893
Oct. 1.
Lake Umbagog, Maine.
  Cloudy with violent N. W. wind and occasional dashes of
rain. A gloomy and uncomfortable day.
  We spent the forenoon in camp reading, writing and practis
ing with out pistols. In the afternoon Will Sargent discovered
two Black Ducks in the cove above Pine Point. I tried to stalk
them but when I got to the outer edge of the drift wood they
were still too far away for a shot. I watched them a long time
as they swam about tipping up their tails and feeding in the
shallow water. At length I tried the desperate chance of slip-
ping over the top of a ledge to gain the shelter of stub which
stood on the edge of the water. This plan so nearly succeeded
that I got half way to the stub before the Ducks discovered me
and flew. I fired both barrels at one of them but got only a 
few feathers. Spelman went to Moose Point and brought back a
Grass Bird. 
[margin]Pine Point
Black 
Ducks[/margin]