16 MASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1874 Middlesex Co., Mass. Broke hit and immediately took to the shore and up the bank again into the bushes, following the others we started the duck from among the bushes on him and then came upon the swamp as he was fading among some rushes. He was very tame and swam paddled up within ten yards of him before he would fly. He swam very low in the water yet twitching his tail sideways with great rapidity & his head & neck looked disproportionably large thick. When he flew he trailed his feet on the water for a few yards then as he cleared the surface raised them up behind under his tail. Had also a very fine shot at an immature Breen which hovered over John Sherrons within twenty yds of us. Coming back saw a single fesc chicken (the first and number of they). James also a snipe. Pod. Moddey near the rock. After a lunch with Dan took the 185 train home. Arrived at the hour changed my things as rapidly as possible and started for the swamps with shot. Beat the upper meadows without success but in the lower put up 5 drin and bagged 2 & a sail. Shot very poorly missing 6 shots. The snipe was rather wild but did some very handsome work drawing steadily up to a brace of pipe foxes 30 yds or more, giving me a fine double which I missed most disgracefully.