25 MAIN, UPTON, 1873 September 14 - 16 back by "300 acre island" we heard some strange whistling in lamina ni the woods (*) a making a rather tremulous cry and upon noqu depicted it as if edifying to have been of this won I (*) was distinctly the grating of dry twig saw egjw viftoniib and didble as it stretched off. now I (*) this word of life had been very much a young Pabo virilious September 18. Clear and a hot day. There 670. Ny dip painting me madily I remained in the house all while the new ayod went up back of 300 acre island and returned at 6 p.m. with a wood . ( September 18, Clear and very warm, continuing in p.m. with rain. started on the boat this morning for Meejowway. At the outlet Dan shot two and I one winter yellow legs off the post and between there and Errol I found a shebrake in the water and duck but no jog or shor of Spencer found that we had a number of of left our village at the lake house, so hard to get on quow pro- pose days of several years ago and two brothers and a Mr. Perry went up on the boat with us. Had a California terns sent down to me by Barstow from the Richardson lake to-day. September 14 (Sunday) Cloudy and cold with occasional rain. started from Meejowway on the boat at 10:30. At the outlet was a fine pair of Eagles (Honei.) one was magnificently and the other with a little white on both head and tail: were beating upon the water like madmen. We did not go to the occasionally on stubs. Just as the boat ran in to the landing at Upton a flock of live Quet. discovered ahead and