Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] July 6, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy with rather heavy rain &
distant thunder in forenoon.
  Spent day in house Walter with 
me much of the time. C. [Caroline] arrived 
from Cambridge by the forenoon train.
We took a short walk along the
road at evening.
Wea. [Weather] Saturday [July] 7, [1900] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & hot. 91 [degrees]
  Walked to the brook with C. [Caroline] just after
breakfast & to the schoolhouse with C. [Caroline]
and the Deanes at evening. The schoolhouse
is said to be alive with Bats. We
could hear them squeaking & rattling
their claws under the clapboards but
saw only three or four come out.
Heard a bird song wholly new to me
early this morning. It was most like a
Mourning Warbler's but quite different.
Wea. [Weather] Sun [Sunday] July 8, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & hot. Thunder shower at 5 P.M.
followed fall of 12 [degrees] in temperature & high cool
W. [west] wind.
  Spent the day in the house.
In P.M. C. [Caroline] & Walter drove over to the 
Emersons. Abbott & Gerald Thayer called
just as they were starting off.
My hip is troubling me again & I
have had to discontinue my daily walks.
Wea. [Weather] Monday [July] 9, [1900] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & cool with strong W. [west] wind.
  Spent the day in the house. Gilbert
arrived at noon with "Sylvia" a mare
that I have hired of Tuttle (of Concord)
for the summer. C. [Caroline] & I took a drive
around the four mile square after supper.
The evening was cool & beautiful. Heard 
2 Wood Thrushes, a Hermit & a
Magnolia Warbler all in full song.