13 November 1854 – 19 November 1854

Saw sixty geese go over the Great Fields, in one waving line, broken from time to time by their crowding on each other and vainly endeavoring to form into a harrow, honking all the while.

It has rained hard the 11th, 12th, and 13th, and the river is at last decidedly rising. On Friday, 10th, it was still at summer level.