Wea. [Weather] THUR. [Thursday] MAY 3, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy with heavy rain
beginning last night & continuing 
until 4 P.M. At 5 P.M.
the clouds dispersed & the
sunset clear but later
(at 9 P.M.) we had a
thunder shower.
  Spent the day in the 
Museum writing letters [?].
Gilbert went to Concord & 
returned at 5 p.m. with a big
bundle of ground junipers & cedars.
Wea. [Weather] FRIDAY May 4, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
52 [degrees] - 7 A.M.
70 [degrees] - Noon
  Clear with strong, cool N.W.
wind
  Took 8.34 a.m. train for
Concord. Found Petersen &
the horse at Balls Hill & drove
to farm where I spent the
day with Hansen & Petersen
clearing the grove of red pines from
birches & other brush & carving a
wood road through. Had a
delightful walk home at evening.
Wea. [Weather] SAT. [Saturday] MAY 5, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
36 [degrees] highest
58 [degrees] lowest
Sunny, then sky half-fullish
with clouds, violent & icy N.W. wind
Snow squall at about 10 a.m.
  Took 8.13 A.M. train for
E. Lexington where I met
O.G. [?] by appointment.
He had secured a leaky boat
with which we explored the
reservoir thoroughly. Found only one
Grebe's nest - 6 eggs. Photographed it & 
then [?]. Returned to Ball's Hill at 5 p.m.
finding Purdie on train.
Wea. [Weather] SUNDAY May 6, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
34 [degrees]
59 [degrees]
  Apparently cloudless but the
sun almost completely obscured
by a dark smokey haze. Strong, cool
S.W. wind. Pat reports frozen ground
& [?] puddles skimmed with ice
early this morning. It did not
freeze at the cabin.
  Spent A.M. writing, P.M.
chopping down trees behind the Hill -
Purdie walked to farm. We went
to Davis Hill together early this 
morning.