1894
Sept. 26
Lake Umbagog, Maine
Megalloway River
  Cloudless, with a strong, chilly South-east wind. The air very clear
and the mountains wholly free from haze.
  C. E. and R. S. and I went up the Megalloway this morning on
the steamer taking the guides and two boats in which,
on reaching the steamer landing, we embarked and were rowed
up the river to the Brown farm where we had dinner. At
2 P.M. we started back and reached camp a little after
sunset, rowing the entire way.
[margin]Up river to
the Brown
farm &
back to
camp by
night[/margin]
  The river was extremely beautiful, the autumn coloring very
rich on the mountains sides but past its prime along the
river banks where many of the trees have already shed their
leaves. The white maples (which abound along this river at least
as far up as the Brown farm) had a scorched look as if
their leaves had been touched by frost.
[margin]Autumn
foliage[/margin]
  I took about fifteen photographs but shot nothing although
I fired three times, once at a Sheldrake which passed us
on the river, again with both barrels at four Black Ducks
which were in the little meadow just above the mouth of the
river & which saw me and flew as soon as I peeped over
the bank - all three shots long ones.
[margin]Photography[/margin]
[margin]Ducks[/margin]
  We had no very interesting experiences with birds, seeing only
a few of the common kinds such as Kingfishers, a Flicker,
a Solitary Sandpiper etc. Above the steamer landing a Wilson's
Snipe ran along the bare mud like a Sandpiper and flew on
ahead of us rising & keeping beyond gun range. On the way
down we saw a large, brown Mink galloping along a beach.
[margin]Gallinago 
delicata.
Mink.[/margin]
  I crossed the carry to Leonard's Pond while Jim rowed the boat around.