Marston's Mills - 1875
1875. Quail Shooting
(Oct. 20) [October 20, 1875] the scent and roaded it beautifully
till he came to the birds which
were feeding out in the middle of
the piece: Prince at the same
moment came up from the opposite
side and [delete]went[/delete] taking the scent
of the bevy from the wind, drew
up magnificently till near the
motionless setter when both stood as
immovable as if carved in stone.
The [delete]peculiarly[/delete] quick, sure motions
of both dogs [delete]when[/delete] in finding the
birds, and their exceptionally fine
attitudes as they stood, joined to the
surpassing beauty of the scene as it
lay bathed in full, rich quiet of
a glowing Oct. [October] sunset, made the
whole occurrence one to be remembered
and I doubt not that my companions
as well as myself would have been
glad could it have been prolongued [prolonged] a
few minutes longer, but a slight
advance on the part of of the pointer broke
the spell and the whirring bevy the 
next instant filled the air & two birds
fell to our four barrals [barrels]. Following them
into the cover we found only one
bird which went off unshot at. I killed
two grouse at this place and started
for the house fairly exhausted by my
days work although the tramp had
not been a very severe one. Went to bed
feeling quite unwell. Jim fired at two of
the birds counted in my score. W.B. [William Brewster] Quail 6 - grouse 2
- Buttrick quail 4 - grouse 2. J.C. M. [James C. Melvin] dove 1
Total quail 10 - grouse 4 - dove 1 = 15 birds.