Concord Mass Sept. 25 - 1874 Sept. 25 Clear and as hot as in August, I had intended going home this morning but the weather continuing so fine we decided upon another hunt. So took the 7.50 train for W. Bedford and beat the whole of the E Concord ground, Put up 4 cock and 2 guineas. Dissed 1 of the former & gave do of the latter. Several of the cock left behind yesterday were gone to day which confirms my friends hypothesis that the birds are on a flight. On Dame made I started a G Quail which by her actions gave me to suspect that she had either eggs or young in the vicinity and on the Schoolhouse ground the dogs after roading for some time started a pair of old guails. The G ran along in front of "Dodge" rising & flying a few yards at a time until W. as brave able to resist the temptation that her, and I fired at the cock supposing them young birds & part of A bear which W. had seen near there. A few moments later the old dog pointed again and our remains can only be imagined when we found under his paw froze a brood of young birds not larger than field mice. As I luckily made a clean miss on the cock we had good hopes that he would allow to them. While taking our dinner in a cool maple grove by a brook a large hawk (which with some history