53 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- er 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-