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UPTON, MAINE 
1873 
September 6-9 
September 6 , Clear and a lovely day. We took the boat up to 
the "’Inlet” in the morning and arrived at "the Retreat" at 2 
P.M. rode across the carry on the old horse with the "buck 
board" rattling behind and was pretty well bruised up by the 
time I got there. In the evening went down to "the run" and 
took a 2 pound fish. Barstow caught five, one a 4 pounder. 
September 7 . (Sunday) Cloudy with east wind. After breakfast 
Dan and I started up the lake and rowed as far as the entrance 
to Mollychunkamunk. Saw a Picoides arcticus and shot a Sp. 
carius and a kingfisher, with my rifle. Got back to camp by 
5 P.M. and fished a little in the run, but without success. 
September 8 . Rained hard last night but cleared up at sunrise. 
Fished at intervals during the day and steadily towards sunset, 
but did not take a trout, and only one or two were caught by 
the others. The sunset on the lake this evening was very fine, 
the mountains to the East lighting up with a changing succes¬ 
sion of the most beautiful colors. Saw a Ch.pelasgia, the only 
swallow for a week or more,and undoubtedly the last. 
September 9 . Clear and a fine day. Rose at 5 o’clock and went 
down to the run where I took three fish before breakfast, all 
under a pound. During the forenoon caught two more. After din¬ 
ner we packed up and bidding good-bye to all at the camp, start¬ 
ed down across the carry, I riding old Bonny. Taking a boat at 
"Cedar Stump" we pulled down the lake as far as the outlet where 
we were taken aboard by "the Diamond" and reached the Lake house 
by 8:30. At the Outlet I shot a merganser flying. At Richard- 
