London to Warwick.
Aug. 8. Morning sunny, P.M. cloudy with rain[.]
Spent the forenoon shopping taking a cab &
driving about, finally to Browne & Shipley's.
With C. & E. left London for Warwick by 4.45
P.M. train. Road follows Thames Valley for
over 30 miles. Great change in landscape within
past two weeks. All the hay now harvested &
the farmers beginning on the grain. Some wheat
fully ripe & dry straw-color. Starlings & Rooks
feeding in the standing "corn", the former in
immense flocks. Saw 4 Partridges sitting
together on the bank of a ditch.
  Train crowded. Reached Warwick at 8 P.M.
I went to bed at once, supperless, having a
bad headache & frequent chills.
  Aug. 9 - A.M. rainy. P.M. sunny. I spent the
day in bed, feeling very shaky & miserable. Got
up & dressed at 6 P.M. & went to supper
but could not eat much.
Warwick Warwick Castle & Kenilworth
Aug. 10. Clear and a beautiful day - like our
best September weather with sparkling air and 
strong breeze.
  To Warwick Castle in A.M. Buildings in
perfect preservation. Some fine paintings and
three of the best heads (skulls & horns) of Irish Elk
that I have ever seen. The Earl was sitting
in one of the rooms, painting. Under-sized man
of about 50 with greyish, pointed beard & black
derby hat. Looked like an American.
  The park very beautiful trees large and massed
with vista views. Peacocks, one pure white &
one dappled on lawn. Turtle Doves & Wood
Pigeons cooing in trees. Spotted Flycatchers
& Green Finches in small numbers. A Wren
singing rather feebly.
  To Kenilworth in P.M. Beautiful drive.
Stop at Guy's Mill; centuries old but still in
use. Pretty river (the Avon). Ruins of
Kenilworth very disappointing. Not to be
compared with Raglan. A few Sparrows & a pair of Wagtails
nesting in walls; signs of Jackdaws but 
no birds. Swifts numerous about Warwick