Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] May 31, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
 60º - 83º 
  Clear with light S.W. to W. [south west to west]
winds. Oppressively warm in P.M.
  Drove to farm at 8 A.M.
  Photographed ladies' slippers in woods 
near Pulpit Rock. Saw there a fine
[male] Bay-breast & heard a Blackburnian.
Returned to cabin at 11 & slept until
12.30 as I felt weak & ill with
my cold. In P.M. wrote &
took photos near cabin & of
Nashville Warbler's nest.
Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] June 1 [1900] Ther. [Thermometer]
62º - 84º
  Sunny but hazy. Very warm
with S.W. [south west] wind in P.M.
  Spent the afternoon near the cabin
taking four photographs & writing.
In P.M. Gilbert rowed me up
river to Cemetery Brook where
we tried in vain to net some
small fish for the pond at home.
Saw a Coot (Fulica) at the Holt.
Got Trapa natans, Houstonias &
a few other plants. Mosquitoes
bad to-day.
Wea. [Weather] Sat. [Saturday] June 2 [1900] Ther. [Thermometer]
  68º - 82º
  Sunny & cloudy by turns. A
violent W. to S.W. [west to south west] wind which
brought several sprinkles of rain in P.M.
I am still feeling weak & listless
with my cold - if it be only that.
Walked a little with Pat in
the opening behind Ball's Hill in
A.M. In P.M. crossed the
river & got a quantity of yellow eyed [sic] [yellow eyes]
grass. All the northern migrants
gone to-day.
Wea. [Weather] Sunday [June] 3 [1900] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy with cool E. [east] wind. Heavy rain
in late P.M. & evening.
  Spent A.M. digging plants & visiting
nests. Went to Davis's Hill & Pine Park
among other places. Birds singing fairly well.
After dinner packed up our things &
took 4.10 P.M. train for Cambridge
crossing river in pouring rain.
  Found C., E.R.S. [Caroline, Elizabeth R. Simmons] & Miss Swazey at
the house in Cambridge. The garden
I scarcely saw on account of the rain.