Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1894
Sept.10
(No 3)
As I entered the mouth of the river a Snipe rose and
pitched down on the further bank. When I neared the spot
I saw it standing rather erect on the bare but hillocky
ground. I ran the canoe within ten feet of it before
it crouched and sprang. Seven others rose at the same
time. I fired a quick right & left and got both birds.
The survivors flew off in a close bunch wheeled and
circled over the marshes and finally alighted all together
precisely like Tringae. I was surprised to see Snipe act in
this manner at such a time for the sun was shining
dimly and there was a bright light.
  A good flight of Snipe must have come in during the
night for I saw a dozen or more in the course of the
next hour. They were very wild and I got only three or
four long shots bagging one more bird.
  There were also a few Pectorals and Semipalmated Sandpipers
on the marsh and I heard Lesser Yellow-legs whistling
in a place where Will afterwards saw four of these birds
feeding.
[margin]Pectorals
Ereunetes
Lesser Yellowlegs[/margin]
[margin]Gallinago
delicata[/margin]
  Later in the afternoon we all started out again Jim & I going
in the old Gra[?]s boat. At the Outlet I landed and flushed
a Snipe which I missed. Then it began raining heavily.
We paddled down river to Richardson's Carry where we met
Mr. Hubbard & Will rowing hard for camp. We lay in the
Carry about an hour during which time the rain poured
in torrents. There was one vivd flash of [delete]lightnight[/delete] lightning.
Finally a strong S.E. wind rose and we decided to go to
camp. While in the Carry we saw a good many Black Ducks
flying about in the rain. One passed over us & I fired both
barrels wounding the bird badly but it flew out of sight.
Charlie [?], the steamer captain shot a 240 lb. Bear in the Lake off
Birch Point while the steamer was on its way homeward.
[margin]Bear shot
in Lake
off Birch Point[/margin]