Weather superb,- thank the Lord. Went fishing at seven o'clock at least Fred did, and I paddled him,- or rather, paddled the canoe. He caught one lonely bass,- and incidentally owes the State of New York $10.00,- though we imagine they will never be able to prove their case, because the corpus delicti got lost in the ham we fried it with for breakfast, and couldn't be found afterwards,- like the oyster in the proverbial church-stew.

For breakfast, at 9:30, we had oatmeal, ham, bread and coffee. (the bread was only a little soggy)--