Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1894.
Sept. 6
Southside to Newry & back by stage.
  A superb day, perfectly clear, with no haze, and with a
fresh but only pleasantly cool N.W. wind.
  I left Lakeside at 8 o'clock on the stage for Bethel with
the elder Davis as driver. He had an excellent pair of
small Black horses and the miles slipped evenly and quietly
past until we reached Poplar Farm where we halted for
dinner. This hotel has been bought by the Bear River Club
but is still kept open to the public. The Club have made
a trout pond in which were about a dozen good-sized trout
which we fed with grasshoppers.
[margin]I start for
home but
meet my
lost trunk
& return [/margin]
  After dinner we started on our way again but we had
gone only about three miles when we met the up stage
driven by Gerold Davis and Co! it contained my long-
lost trunk! So I quickly changed places and was soon
on the way back to the Lake which we reached about sunset.
  I saw few small birds during the day except Sparrows and
three or four Robins. A Sparrow Hawk was sitting on a
stub in a field in Grafton & a superb adult Red Tail
soaring and hovering over a hill side in Newry. The Red-tail
thrice hung suspended on set wings for several seconds, without
drifting, facing the strong wind. I had hitherto supposed
that none of our large Hawks except Archibuteo were
able to poise in this way.
[margin]Buteo borealis 
hangs in
air on
motionless wings[/margin]
  Deer tracks were very numerous in the Notch and along
the road towards Upton. Many of them were very small
& apparently made by young fawns.
[margin]Deer tracks/[/margin]
  A Mr. Tyler & his wife, both considered perfectly truthful people,
report seeing a Panther in this field a few days ago. They
had a good view of it & describe it accurately. They live
a little above the Notch in Grafton.
[margin]Cougar seen in
Grafton[/margin]