Wea[ther] Thur[sday] Aug[ust] 23, 1900 Ther[mometer]
  Clear & cool.
  I spent most of the day at
or near the house not feeling
well. Walter in A.M. drove 
E[lizabeth] R. S[immons] to the Baker farm.
Late in the afternoon I
walked to the first brook
& exposed two 6 1/2 x 8 1/2
plates.
Wea[ther] Friday [August] 24[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
  Cloudy with light rain most of
the afternoon & a perfect deluge
between 8 & 9 P.M.
  Spent A.M. in my house. E[lizabeth] R. S[immons]
went up the mountain with the
Emersons & returned drenched at
evening. Walter & I spent the
afternoon in the woods beyond the
Sugar house getting plants. I dug
a number of fine yews & 
some [?] [?]. Birds 
very scarce.
Wea[ther] Sat[urday] Aug[ust] 25, 1900 Ther[mometer]
  Clear & warm with light S[outh] wind.
  Spent A.M. in the woods beyond
the Sugar house with Walter 
getting a lot of ferns to send to
Concord to-morrow. Heard a
Red eye calling & saw 2 Chickadees.
The country seems to be almost
completely drained of birds.
Abbott Thayer arrived at noon &
took dinner with us. In P.M. he,
Walter & I walked to the brook.
A Barred Owl hooting near the barn at
about midnight.
Wea[ther] Sunday [August] 26[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
  Clear & intensely hot with light S[outh] wind.
  Spent most of A.M. photographing
taking the 4 x 5 camera & visiting
the sugar house & the first brook.
  Wrote letters in P.M. At
evening there was a rather heavy 
flight of Night hawks 21 birds
passing Shattucks while others were
seen by E[lizabeth] R. S[immons] at Cutter's on the 
hill. Shortly after midnight the Barred
Owl awakened me. He hooted for
nearly half an hour.