Lake Umbagog, Maine.
Pine Point.
1894.
Sept. 5 
  Clear and warm. A thunder shower late in the afternoon             
  The day was spent about camp overseeing the work of
the men etc. We are cutting our wood on Osgood's Point
and many fine paper birches have already fallen. The men
cut them into cord-wood and bring this by boat to our
landing.                                                           
  The little spaniel found and flushed two full-grown Partridges
behind the camp. One of them "treed" in a balsam perching    
on a horizontal branch about fifteen feet above the ground
where it stood for a long time perfectly motionless with
neck outstretched in about this attitude [illus]. After the
dog left the place the Partridge began moving its head
and quit ing and presently it flew off through the trees.
According to our men there are at least seven Partridges
on the Point, one pair of old birds and five young
 about as large as Pigeons. I have not yet seen these 
young.
[margin]Bonasa
u.
togata[/margin]
  At about 4 P.M. I boarded the steamer having decided to          
wait no longer for my trunk but to go back                                     
to Cambridge to-morrow and lay in a new stock                            
of clothing etc. We went first to Errol and it was                          
nearly sunset when we started down the Lake. As                 
we were nearing Metalluc Island the engineer killed                 
a grey Loon with a charge of B.B. shot at about                            
75 yards. He fired three times & apparently did not hit               
the poor bird until the third shot although it made
very short dives only going a few yards under water each time
These young Loons have little fear of the steamer & are easily killed.
[margin]Down the 
lake by
steamer[/margin]
[margin]Loon
shot from steamer[/margin]