Wea[ther] WED[nesday] AUG[ust] 15, 1900 Ther[mometer]
  Cloudy with heavy rain from 10 A.M.
into & through the following night.
In the early forenoon Walter & I
walked to the pine woods behind the
Kelly Camp. I dug there a number 
of young yews & balsams to [?]
to Concord to-morrow.
  Spent most of the afternoon writing
my annual report for the Mus[eum] Comp[arative] Zool[ogy].
Wea[ther] THURSDAY [August] 16[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
  Forenoon cloudy with a procession of
heavy showers the last & most violent at
noon. The sky cleared soon afterwards &
the afternoon was sunny & warm.
  Left Jaffrey by 7.01 a.m. train with
E.R.S. She got off at Fitchburg to visit
C[aroline] Mrs. De Jersey & [?] Huger at Lancaster.
I went to Concord where Gilbert & Petersen
met me. We drove to Red Bridge where I
paddled down to Balls Hill in the rain.
Went to the farm in P.M. & set out a lot
of plants at Pulpit Rock.
Wea[ther] FRI[day] AUG[ust] 17, 1900 Ther[mometer]
  Sunny & warm with several light showers
lasting only a few minutes each.
Spent the day with the men who
were working on the new cabin, Mills
finishing the cistern the others digging
& wheeling away dirt, etc. the carpenter
making a conductor from a pine trunk.
  At evening walked to the Barrett meadow
& through to Pine Ridge. The air was cool
the meadow surpassingly beautiful.
Wea[ther] SATURDAY [August] 18[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
  Clear & warm with light variable winds.
Spent the forenoon at Ball's Hill. The
men worked chiefly on the roofing &
& troughs for the cistern behind the old cabin.
Started for Concord at 2.15 p.m. driving
a big bay horse called Nancy which I have
decided to buy for the farm work.
Took the 3.40 p.m. train for
Jaffrey. Walter met me at E[ast] Jaffrey
station. E.R.S. returned from Lancaster.
yesterday.