14 December 1857 – 20 December 1857

Within a day or two, I saw another par- tridge in the snare of November 28th, frozen stiff.

Begins to snow about 8 A. m., and in fif- teen minutes the ground is white, but it soon stops. Plowed grounds show white first.

A. M.— To Easterbrooks Country with Ricketson. A hen-hawk circling over that wild region. See its red tail. The cellar stairs at the old Hunt house are made of square oak timbers; also the stairs to the chamber of the back part of apparently square maple (?) timber, much worn. The generous cellar stairs!