Wea[ther] TUES[day] AUG[ust] 7, 1900 Ther[mometer]
  Cloudy with light E[ast] wind and
frequent light showers.
  Spent most of the day on or
near the cabin superintending the
men at work on the boat pit.
In the afternoon we cleared several
large [?] of brush. At evening I
found under some [?] [?] [?]
a [?] & lively Dr Kerry's [?].
Wea[ther] WEDNESDAY [August] 8[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
  Cloudy with occasional light showers. Rather
sultry with light S[outh]w[est] wind. Heavy rain
all last night.
  Spent the forenoon near the cabin.
In the afternoon walked to Pine Ridge
& the Barrett Meadow woods. After
supper strolled around the E[ast] end of
Ball's Hill. The men worked on the 
new canoe [?] & made preparations
for beginning work on the new cabin.
Wea[ther] THUR[sday] AUG[ust] 9, 1900 Ther[mometer]
90 [degrees] - 3 P.M. Concord
  Clear & hot.
  Spent the forenoon with Pat & Hansen
making a [?] sample of a road
embankment across the Barrett meadow.
Mills & John Flemming began the excavation
on the hillside for the new cabin.
Petersen was towing [?] logs down
from the Barrett woods
  Left the cabin by boat at 2 P.M. Gilbert
rowed us to Concord where I took 3.48 train
for E. Jaffrey where E.R.S. met & drove us to the
[?].
Wea[ther] FRIDAY [August] 10[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
  Clear in early morning. Cloudy later
with light shower.
  Just after breakfast I walked to the
old sugar house & sat there for nearly an
hour, smoking my pipe. It was cool
& quiet under the fine old trees.
E.R.S. went up Monadnock this morning
with the Emersons to camp for a 
couple of nights. I spent most
of the day in my room. The Hermits are
all silent now but I still hear Red-eyes
& Indigo birds.