1892.
Sept. 30
(No 2)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord.- of bare ground to the brink of the canal
where within less than six feet of me he paused
evidently suspicious of danger but apparently not seeing
me. I could see his nose work like work like a dog's
and his small, bead-like, expressionless eyes blink &
twinkle as he raised his head and moved it from
side to side & up & down with a curious rolling motion.
The next instant he whirled and galloped back into
the button bushes but as I did not move he soon
reappeared & came nearly to the canal again but when
he turned back a second time he ran out of sight
& sound without stopping. As nearly as I could make
out he scented but did not see me. The Mink appears
to have very poor eyesight, at least by daylight. This
one was a young animal, nearly grown, of a uniform
rich & rather dark brown without a trace of the
usual white on the chin & breast.
[margin]Mink[/margin]
  Mr. Cyrus Clarke came to my cabin at 3 P.M. and
went with me over the Davis Hill land to estimate
the value of the timber. He says that the pines are
not less than 150 to 200 years old and may be much
older. They have not grown perceptably since he was a
boy (60 years ago) and were considered remarkable trees in
those days. when fine timber was much more plentiful
here than it is now.
[margin]Age of the
Davis Hill pines.[/margin]
  Pat took me home in his boat at sunset. I saw
a flock of about 15 Cow-birds flying to roost, a Marsh
Hawk, a Kingfisher, a Night-hawk and a Great Blue
Heron on our way up the river. An old Song Sparrow sang once.
[margin]Cow Birds[/margin]
[margin]Night Hawk[/margin]