Middlesex Co., Mass. 27 MASS (713) [illegible] (No.) 1874. Prospect St. Old Dart struck the scent of a Groux before we had beaten 500 yds and after roading them handsomely for ¼ of a mile came down to his point on the edge of a little meadow. Getting him on with much difficulty a bury of at least 25 birds got up. I had a good double shot but only killed one bird. C. fired both barrels without success. Following them up I killed two more and a grouse. Total quail 3 & grouse 1. Charlie killed 1 quail. The bury feathered so badly when it first rose that we only found a bury few of its numbers again. Hard numbers of As bincia in the birches. Tracked the horn by 12 M. Took a drink in P.M. & stopping a few moments at dusk near the Block Island meadow I heard at least two snipe & I thought now. Oct. 27 Morning clear but cloudy with light showers in the afternoon. Very warm & close. Spent the forenoon in the house. At 2 P.M. started off with Charlie C. & Barstow for a quail shoot and after putting up our horses, Charlie's at Cottus and mine at Browns pic struck up the barn. Started nothing for a long time except two grouse one of which I killed by a hard snap shot through scrub oaks. After hunting on