1878 Trip to Nantucket
Aug. 5 Monday. Left Boston at
11.15 with C. The morning was
intensely hot and close but
when we took the steamer at
Woods Holl there was a cool
refreshing sea breeze sweeping
across the water. The passage
across the sound was even more
monotonous than usual for a
thick fog eveloped [sic] [enveloped] the water.
Neither at Martha's Vineyard
nor anywhere during the
passage across did I see a 
single Tern of any species but
when we reached Nantucket, 
the shoals about Coatue
Point and the inner harbor
seemed peopled with an equal
number as of yore (1874)[.]
We went directly to the 
Sherburne house where we
engaged temporary board
[at] 2.50 per day. Saw my old
guide Sidney Fisher in the evening.
1878 Nantucket
Aug. 6. Tuesday. Clear and
cool with a fine sea breeze. 
I spent the forenoon in hunting
up a boarding place and finally
found one at Mrs. W. C. Folgers
on Fair St. C. went in pursuit
of tall clocks and had many 
adventures. We moved to our new
quarters after dinner and established
ourselves in apparent comfort.
After supper took a horse and
beach wagon and drove nearly
to the South Shore. A thick sea
fog was drifting in scattered masses
over the broad moor-like commons
limiting the view but adding a
weird character to the landscape.
Small birds were very numerous
Grass Finches and Song Sparrows sing-
ing on the wind swep [sic] [swept]  knolls &
Cot. [Coturniculus] passerinus rising from the
mossy ground. "Puck" enjoyed a 
race after them amazingly but got
overexcited & had a fit.