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Concord, Mass.
1898.
June 2                      
  Cloudy with strong E. wind and frequent
showers.
  Crossed the river soon after breakfast and spent
the entire forenoon rambling in the woods looking
for plants for my wild garden. Found one Sword
Fern in a sandy bank and a few of the winter rock
ferns on a ledge among columbines.
  Heard a Towhee, a Nashville Warbler, and a number
of common birds. Two Carolina Rails singing
at evening.
  Pat told me yesterday that Davis (the 
marketman) had a young Great Horned Owl
that had been given to him alive by Lawrence! 
I asked him to make further enquiries and
to-day he brought word that Lawrence had
found two young Owls in his words by the
river. One he caught, the others escaped. Davis
was kind enough to to send me the captive
bird which I shall restore to its native woods
as soon as it can fly well. It [delete]looks[/delete] is
the larger of the two and looks much as it
did when I last saw it in the tall pine.
I hope that it is tru that the other young 
escaped.