93 UPTON, MAINE 1874 September 15 lunch we went ashore in the Brown clearing and beat for cock. Flushed one among low spruces near a springy run and killed him at the fourth shot. Next Shot stood handsomely on a brood of 6 grouse which were among some weeds in an open field. I fired both barrels at the first and he fell dead after flying some distance. Also shot at another and thought I killed him but Shot was so overcome with heat that he could do nothing but lie down and pant. Returned to the house late in P.M. Henry Purdir arrived to-night and woke me up at nearly midnight. September 15. Cloudy nearly all day with occasional glimpses of sunshine. Purdir, S., Barstow and self took the boat this morning for a trip up the Megalloway and arrived at the landing at 1 P.M. Messrs. Winslow and Kimball and Mr. Brown were with us. Put up at Browns. After dinner S. and I walked over to Sturdevant pond where we found a canoe-shaped little boat and embarking paddled up to the inlet of the pond. Fished here awhile without success though later it is a fine ground. On the marshy shore at this point we saw the tracks of a herd of caribou, none of them, however, very large. Paddled up the stream some 200 yds. to where the quick water commenced start- ing two wood duck: they have a curious habit of twitching their heads violently while flying and also occasionally nearly stop- ping in the air at the same time shaking themselves: this I have often noticed before. Saw also a flock of about 15 black ducks, but singularly enough there was not a loon on the pond. Sturdevant is a most beautiful little lake, erecentlyre in shape