Lake Umbagog.
1896.
Aug 17-23
  During the past week I have been too busily engaged with
with work on the house boat to keep up my journal but
I will now try to record the more interesting things that
I have seen in the form of a resume.
  I spent the 17th 18th 19th & 20th at Upton sailing across the
Lake every morning and paddling back a little before sunset.
On the 21st I went up the Lake with Capt. Conary &
Will Sargent opening the camp at Pine Point & lunching
there, sailing across to Leonard's Pond in the early afternoon
and rowing back to Lakeside at evening. On the 22nd I
again went to Upton where I found the house boat at anchor
in the basin Jim having launched her successfully the day
before. We took her down the river under sail in the
afternoon & tried her on the Lake but found that she
sailed sluggishly and would not come about. The steamer
towed her back to the Mill that evening.
[margin]Capt. Conary.
Pine Point.[/margin]
[margin]House boat
launched[/margin]
  The 23rd was rainy & I spent the day at Lakeside.
  On evening of the 19th I heard two Wilson's Thrushes,
one near the Lake House, the other at the Lakeside landing, and
on the evening of the 22nd one at Lakeside. All gave
the pheu note. Doubtless they were our local birds for
they breed in both localities.
[margin]Turdus
fuscenscens[/margin]
  On the 22nd I saw an adult [male] Wilson's Black cap in
full autumnal plumage. It was in alders in company
with another bright yellow bird, which I took to be a young
of the same species, & an adult [male] Redstart. The spot where
I saw it was not over 40 yards from that place where I
found a [male] Black-cap in full song on the 12th of last June!
{margin]Sylvania pusilla[/margin]