Marston's Mills - 1875
1875. Quail Shooting
(Oct. 21) [October 21, 1875] Cloudy in A.M. clearing up by noon. I rose
this morning feeling very sick and used
up sad the others went off without me.
They struck up to the W. [West] around the
town house and started during the
day two large bevies of quail and
a few grouse. Woodcock borings were
seen in several corn fields near
the town house. The bag was J.C.M. [James C. Melvin]
guail 4. Buttrick quail 4 - Baxter
quail 1 Total 9 birds. I remained
in the house all day and before going
to bed at night took a good sweat.
  Oct. 22 [October 22, 1875] Clear and very warm with S. [south] wind.
Still feeling sick I again spent the
day in the house. The others set out
as usual and after flushing a bevy
in the swamp below the house and
killing three birds they tramped
all day without seeing anything
until just at night they flushed 
a very large bevy between the shop and
the river and bagged three more
birds. Melvin quail 3 - Buttrick
quail 2. Total 6 birds.
  Oct. 23 [October 23, 1875] Clear and warm. Started for home 
this morning, I feeling rather better,
and reached Boston at 10.25 A.M.
Resumé
Total bag of W.B. [William Brewster quail 17 - grouse 5 = 22 birds
[Total bag of] Buttrick [quail] 18 - [grouse] 3 = 21 [birds]
[Total bag of] Melvin [quail] 13  = 13
[Total bag of] Baxter [quail] 1 = 1
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