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August 1st to 8th

Have kept about the Fort owing to bad weather but have obtained many interesting finds including 8 more Kennicotts Warblers, Yellow, Black-poll, & Black Cap Warblers [[?]] sparrow just & did [[Luvustone?]] do.
The young of the land birds are now about preparing for their migrations [[Lurdus?]] Aliceae has also been taken with several Siums noveboracensis.



Aug.9. 1877
My Bidarkie] which I had engaged a native to construct arrived day before yesterday and was put in trim today.

We have commenced lifting weights here for amusement and exercise By getting some natives to take hold we found to our astonishment that they could lift more than we at first though our ambition becoming