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Upper Megalloway River, Maine
1898
September 22                 
  A beautiful day, very warm, dead calm up to 10 A.M.,
afterwards with strong S.W. wind.
  Left Flints at 8 A.M. and launched the boats at
the landing about a mile below his house and seven
miles by river above the Brown Farm. This stretch
of river was new to me and I was at once
surprised and delighted to find it by far more
beautiful than anything either above or below.
Unfortunately I had only four plates left but these
I used to the best possible advantage.
[margin]The most
beautiful
stretch on
the Megallo-
way.[/margin]
  Just as we were putting the boats in the water
a flock of sixteen Black Ducks passed flying up
river. We saw no Ducks below until we had
passed the Lower Landing where we halted for
lunch.
[margin]Black Ducks[/margin]
  We had intended to visit Bottle Brook Pond on
our way down but as we found a canoe at
the landing there we kept on & Melvin went
up Bear Brook where he killed a drumming Partridge
Jim & I meanwhile waited at Horse Shoe Bend where
we saw three Whistlers.
[magin]Bear Brook.
Partridge[/margin]
  We reached the Lake at sunset. I kept straight
across to but Melvin stopped at Moose Point
until dark. He saw a number of Ducks & a flock
of 4 Golden Plover & he heard Snipes. The
water has fallen during our absence so that
the grass is showing all over the marshes but
there is no ground or water weed exposed as
yet and a boat may sail across anywhere
without dredging.
[margin]Ducks
Golden Plover
Snipe[/margin]