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LAKE UMBAGOG, UPTON, MAINE 
1874 
July 24 - 27 
Jul2_£i» Clear, warm and pleasant. Left Boston at 8:15 on the 
Eastern road and arrived at the Lake by 11 p,M. after a most 
lovely ride through the notch by moonlight. Saw a Rhy.solitar- 
ius at Bryants pond. Took possession of my last years room 
and turned in at once. 
July 25 . Clear, very warm in forenoon, but good breeze in P.M. 
Unpacked my things in forenoon, that is, as many as I have, one 
trunk and valise of ammunition having been left at Bethel as 
Clark had too heavy a load to bring them up to-night. After 
dinner took my Tonks gun and with 7 cartridges, all I had, 
started out to try for cock. Put up five and killed four in 
seven shots. Shot behaved rather poorly, pointing fairly, but 
once when three birds jumped altogether from a spring hole giv¬ 
ing me a fine double shot of which, however, I killed only the 
first. The young birds fill the woods with their chirping and 
I long for my dust shot. 
July 26 . Clear and warm with a good breeze. Spent most of the 
day about the house taking a stroll up into the pasture back of 
Abbotts in P.M. with my rifle to try for a shot at a woodchuck 
but sfl[w none. Shot a bluebird at about 50 yds. Turdus swain— 
sonii, Zon albicollis, T.pallasii, Cont. borealis and a few 
others are still singing. Shot a Per.canadensis in im. plumage. 
July 27 . Cloudy, commenced raining at about 10 A.M. and contin¬ 
ued till evening. Started after breakfast for a tramp to "the 
sluice" with Sargent, but the rain turned us back before we had 
