Jaffrey Concord
Wea[ther] Sun[day] July 22, 1900 Ther[mometer]
  Brilliantly clear with light E[ast] wind
& long intervals of dead calm. Rather warm.
  Rose at 5 A.M. & taking the camera
started out following the road westward
to the Schoolhouse, exposing a dozen plates
returning to breakfast at 8.30. Birds
singing freely. 
  Spent forenoon writing. E.R.S. went up
Monadnock with the Emersons.
In P.M. Walter & I drove over to Dublin
taking tea with Abbott Thayer & his family
& getting back at 8 P.M.
Wea[ther] Monday [July] 23[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
  Clear & hot with light S[outh]w[est] wind.
  Left Jaffrey at 7.01 a.m. &
reached Concord at 9 A.M. Petersen
met me at station with Charlie. We
drove first to Barrett farm where I
heard 3 Towhees singing at once.
Thence to cabin. Found new boat house
walls about half way up; canal to 
boat house nearly completed.
Spent P.M. near cabin. Song, & Swamp
Sparrows & Red-wings singing. At least
500 Swallows flocking over Holden's meadow
at evening. Fox barking at 8.30 P.M. 
Concord.
Wea[ther] Tues[day] July 24, 1900 Ther[mometer]
  Light rain at day break. Sky cleared
soon after sunrise. Rest of day warm
with light S[outh] to S[outh]w[est] wind.
  Took a short walk at 6 A.M. - to
Pine Park & back over Ball's Hill
Only birds singing were Song & Swamp Sparrows,
Redwings, a Mniotilta, a Wood Pewee &
a Rose-breasted Grosbeak & 2 Quail.
  Spent day on Ball's Hill & across the river
walked to Davis's Hill in later P.M. Saw
deer tracks a few days old on a sandy flat
in the Holden meadow. A Solitary Vireo
singing [?] on Ball's Hill this forenoon.
Wea[ther] Wednesday [July] 25[,] [1900]  Ther[mometer]
  A.M. clear with violent S[outh]w[est] wind.
P.M. cloudy with heavy thunder storm
followed by light rain - all night.
  Spent forenoon at Ball's Hill supervising
the men at work on the boat house &
laying plans for the new cabin.
Drove to Concord in P.M. & took 3.40 
train for Jaffrey where Walter met
me at the station. We drove to the
Shattucks in a steady but light rain
which followed the shower.