1878 Nantucket
Aug. [August] 17. Saturday. Cloudy with
heavy and incessant rain
all day. Spent most of the
time in our room skinning
birds. I however lost the
greater number of my specimens
for by noon they had all 
become very bad indeed.
I succeeded in saving one
of the Hy.[Hydrochelidon] plumbra, the S. [Sterna] 
frenata, S. [Sterna] paradisea, the
 two Am. [Ammodramus] canadacentus and the
Owl shot Thursday. The 
Hy. [Hydrochelidon] plumbra both had their
stomachs crammed with fish
bones of a small size.
In the evening I drove down
with Mr. Stephens to meet the
boat expecting Jim to arrive
on her but he did not come.
1878  Nantucket
Aug. [August] 18. Sunday. Cloudy thro'
the day clearing off however at
sunset. Spent the entire day in
the house, reading a good deal
and writing letters in the 
afternoon.