Wea[ther] THUR[sday] NOV[ember] 15, 1900 Ther[mometer]
  Cloudy with light rain.
  The reports of the Protection Committee
came this forenoon. In the afternoon
the Audubon Societies held a Congress
in the Geology Room of the 
Museum. Allen, Merriam, Deane, Chapman,
D[?] & a few others of the [?] A.O.U. members
attended this meeting. 
  I gave a dinner this evening at which Mrs. J. B. Thayer,
Horace  S[?], Geo.V. Levant, Endicott Peabody
John Burroughs, Edward Emerson, Dr Gehring, Dr. [?]
& several others were present. Dr Emerson read
his lecture on Thoreau to us after dinner.
Wea[ther] FRIDAY [November] 16[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
26 [degrees].
  Brilliantly clear with strong N[orth]w[est] wind.
  Twenty of the A.O.U. men went to
Concord with Walter by 9 A.M. train. Gilbert
& I went up [?] by 8.34 train crossing
river at Ball's Hill. I drove through to
the farm where my guests arrived in
barge drawn by 4 black horses at noon.
After a lunch of sandwiches, milk, cider
etc. we walked to the cabin through 
the woods. The A.O.U. men went back
by barge while Gilbert & I crossed the
river & returned on the same train
with them.
Wea[ther] SAT[urday] NOV[ember] 17, 1900 Ther[mometer]
20 [degrees] at Camb[ridge]
15 [degrees] at Concord.
  A.M. clear, clouds gathering in
P.M. Light W[est] to S[outh]w[est] wind. Very cold
  Took 8.34 train for W[est] Bedford. Found
river entirely frozen over but Pat had broken
a channel through which we crossed.
Dinner at cabin with Gilbert & at 2 P.M.
went to farm where C[aroline] joined us later
to spend Sunday. Heard a partridge
drumming in the Barrett [?].
  Began the "Sky Pilot" this evening.
It is a strong fine story of life
in the [?].
Wea[ther] SUNDAY [November] 18[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
  Clear & warm with strong S[outh]w[est] wind.
  To Ball's Hill with C[aroline] at 9 A.M. driving
down in the farm wagon. As we
were in the new cabin the whole
Emerson family arrived & we had a
pleasant talk. C[aroline] & I walked back
to the farm through the woods
making the farm in time for 
dinner. Finished the Sky Pilot
in the evening.