293
Concord, Mass.
1898.
November 4
(No 2) 
given nor did the birds fly. In fact we 
left them in the water after looking at them 
as long as we wished.
  At noon Chadbourne crossed the river to visit
the spring in Parker's pasture. On making the
shore 60 or more yards back from the river
on the flooded meadow he passed a single Goose
within forty yards. The bird did not fly
but merely paddled off through the thin, half-
submerged grass. I went in search of it with
my gun on Chadbourne's return but I
could not find it nor could I see any signs 
of the other Geese although I paddled down 
river nearly to Birch Island. No shots were
fired down river & no boats passed during the
entire day. At evening I paddled down to 
Carlisle Bridge & back but saw nothing except
a large flock of Blackbirds which I took to be Cow-birds.
  I learned afterwards that three Geese, which, 
almost without doubt, were the same that we
saw this morning, alighted about noon in
Mill Brook meadow in a pool of water.
A gunman attempted to stalk them but
they rose out of range & flew off in the 
direction of Sandy Pond. 