water passed nearly under my boat and escaped into the river. inexactly and marking his course by a fine of bubbles on the beheld he ; nook large very a quietly humming was surprised at desired to one of its most secluded nooks I was much wobawm bedood the arose before I (mid near very came I when tention to my shots than to occasionally rise and flap his wings st- te from on gliding he like the seemed rather to who by the way ,noon a ta ajon after about 25 rifle shot at a boat ym of Took .bnoq y's'I bne ekI etn no oook saya a fo ng for a daye shoot on the lake and -mom- in the steambost this started up the lake ni P.M. ni flo gat clear- noon ,mooned et throught the forenoon and threepeety and Cloudy .of January segebidneq. with a large basket of fruit as well as I saw as I was to meet at 12 o'clock on the road of the lake I saw a flock of about dozen Chickadees as I few as little as number of turns.I horse by is M.M. A Si yz emor departure from killing my first bird .The steambost returning from both lifted I when the boat and passed and grass rose from the flocked three on the water : at the report a larger 4 of which he killed the steamers found about 20 hooded merrganser. Paddled 2 up to a flock of ew ewere pond where post at Leonard's In the morning took the steambost August 17th .Clear and warm. In the house writing letters, etc. August 18th (Sunday) Clear and cool. Spent the day about the lake - of January 1874