136
Lake Umbagog.
Head of Great Island
1897.
June 10
(No 2)
clumsily into the middle of the school causing
the fish to jump into the air by dozens all around him
but never succeeding in catching any of them although
he tried again & again. He would sometimes thrust
his head and neck under water but never his body.
I cannot understand how any bird could expect
to catch fish in that manner. A man might as 
well attempt it, apparently, by jumping into the water and
thrusting down his hand.
[margin]Herring
Gull[/margin]
  Vegetation advances slowly this season. An apple
tree on the Haywood farm is still in full
bloom. The woods, however, are nearly as dense 
with foliage as they will be in midsummer.
[margin]Vegetation
tardy[/margin]
  Gibbs says that a Deer comes out into his field
with great regularity every evening a little before
sunset. He doubts the statements so often made
that deer injure crops of any kind. They nibble
his grass a little, walk through his sprouting
oats without apparently noticing them and they
never touch his corn or potatoes.
[margin]Deer 
do not
injure
crops of
any kind
in this
locality[/margin]