1892.
Oct. 16
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord. Cloudy with heavy rain in the morning.
  Spelman came from Cambridge at 10.30 a.m. and
we set forth for the Damsdale to try for aquarium
material. The rain which was pouring when we
started soon ceased and we had good success &
an interesting & pleasant time. A horn [pout?],
several bream, a pickerel & three Dytisci were among
the spoils which our dip nets brought up from
the leaves & mud at the bottoms of the brook
& old clay pits.
  Heard a Meadow Lark whistling nearly as 
in spring and in Derby's lane saw a Partridge
run with amazing swiftness across a wide opening
among some birches.
[margin]Meadow Lark singing[/margin]
  In the afternoon we fished the river, taking
another horn pout & pickerel, seven sand darters,
two Dytisci and five young Snapping Turtles of about
the circumference of a silver quarter of a dollar.