I 'swept' last night two hours, by three periods.

It was a grand night--not a breath of air, not a fringe of a cloud, all clear, all beautiful.

I really enjoy that kind of work, but my back soon becomes tired, long before the cold chills me.

I saw two nebulae in Leo with which I was not familiar, and that repaid me for the time.

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.
"Sept.