1878 Cambridge and
Concord
Aug. [August] 11. Sunday. Spent most 
of the day in getting ready
a large lot of eggs for W. H. 
Armitage of Sheffield England.
From my window I heard or
saw among the linden trees
several Yellow Warblers (D. [Dendroica] aestiva)
and Least Flycatchers (E. [Empidonax] minimus)
while Orioles (Ic. [Icterus] baltimore) were 
trooping about the garden as is 
their wont at this season.
  After supper I made ready to drive
to Concord and got off at 6.30.
Jimmy had not been out of his
stall for two weeks consequently
he was rather frisky and self
assertive the first half of the way
and somewhat tired the last.
As I reached the little church in 
Lincoln the full moon had risen
and thro' Walden woods the
glorious beauty of still, radiant 
night was almost entrancing. Saw
E. R. S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] and Jim & put up at the Middlesex.
1878 Concord and Cambridge 
Cot. [Coturniculus] henslowi
Aug. [August] 12. Monday. A clear still
day. Rose at 5.30 and left
Concord at 6.30. Took my favor-
ite road the one by Flint's pond.
  Thro' the Lincoln woods it
was very beautiful, every leaf
and blade of grass glistening with
the clustering dew drops, but
before I reached Cambridge the
rays of the August sun glared
fiercely upon the dusty road.
At the little meadow just
outside the town I stopped to
listen a moment for Henslows
Buntings and soon enough
there was a male perched
upon a tall weed near the
road & uttering his feeble song.
Got to Camb. [Cambridge] at 8.30 drove into
Boston at 10 o'clock met Carry
at 3 and we both joined Lizzy
S. [Simmons] at the depot and came down
together to Nantucket arriving at 5 P.M.