Concord, Mass.
1910.
April 1 [April 1, 1910]
(No 3)
  Saw deer tracks almost everywhere to-day. James tells
me that the number of Deer present during the past
month has positively alarmed him because of the menace
to our crops. He saw ten at one time in the Ritchie
field about a week ago & Bensen reports that nine crossed
his field together at about the same time. James saw
four file through our door yard and four looking through the
wire fence of the poultry yard. They show little fear of
man and none whatever of buildings. Our flower garden
is coursed with their tracks & I actually found two
rather fresh foot prints in our barn cellar.
Deer abundant
  Partridges are said to be more numerous than
for several years past. I flushed at least five different
birds to-day between Ball's Hill and the farm without
leaving the roadway that leads them through the fields
and woods.
Partridges numerous