1878 Nantucket
Second trip up Great Harbor
Sept, 30 (Monday) Clear but
rather chill, with wind E.
  Started off about 8 A. M. in
the sail boat with Capt. Morris
and Mr. Parker, and spent the
day in the harbor. As we were
running up to Wauwinit [sic] [Wauwinet] saw
an Ardea herodias sitting on a 
sand bar among the Gulls &
Terns. At Croskaty marsh we
landed and I drove three Larks
(S. [Sturnella] magna) into a growth of tall
grass & tramping three up shot
two of them. Here we saw a 
Cormorant (G. [Graculus] dilophus). I beat 
the marsh for Sharp tailed Finches
but saw none. In the afternoon
we ran up into Polpis harbor
and at sunset we took a
long stretch out over the 
sound. Saw a small bunch
of Coots but naught else.
Packed up in the evening.
1878 Nantucket to Boston
Oct. 1. (Tuesday) Clear and
a lovely day with a soft
air stirring. Left Nantucket
at 9 A. M. on the "River 
Queen". On the passage
across the sound we saw
a few scattered Terns but
when within a mile or two
of Oak Bluffs we passed
several large swarms of
them hovering over schools
of blue fishes.
  At Woods Holl we were
stranded for several hours.
  The journey to Boston
by cars was entirely uneventful.
  The woods were everywhere 
glorious with their autumnal
coloring however and their
tints seemed all the more
brilliant from our [?]
on treeless Nantucket. Joined
C. in Cambridge & found all
well.