Wea.[Weather] Sat.[Saturday] Dec.[December] 1, 1900 Ther.[Thermometer]
  Clear & mild. There is still no frost &
the Cambridge lawns are emerald green.
  C[aroline] & I left Boston at 12.30 &
went to Portland over the Eastern RR
Found Dr. Gehring on the train.
  Saw a few wasted snow drifts on N[orth] slopes
after passing Portsmouth but the fields were
bare all the way & in Portland some of
the lawns & sunny banks were green.
Went to Congress Square Hotel. Spent
evening reading Miss Howard's "The Garden of Eden"
aloud. It is a strong story.
Wea.[Weather] Sunday, December 2, 1900 Ther.[Thermometer]
  Clear & mild with no wind.
  C[aroline] & I went to St. Stephens church
in A.M. and afterwards walked
about the city admiring its beautiful
old houses.
  Spent the afternoon & evening in our 
room reading the Garden of Eden
which we finished by bedtime.
Portland Bethel.
Wea.[Weather] Mon.[Monday] Dec.[December] 3, 1900 Ther.[Thermometer]
27 [degrees]
42 [degrees]
  Clear but hazy with light S.[South] wind.                                                                                                                                                           
  C[aroline] took 9 A.M. train for Boston. I
spent most of A.M. at Lord's taxidermist
shop where I met several local bird men
among them Dr. Brock & the veteran
taxidermist Dirk Daniels now running a
set of camps at Sebago Lake. Lord had
few interesting birds to show me. His work runs
largely to deer heads.
  Dined at R.R. station & started for Bethel at 1.15.
Country now covered at So. Paris & beyond. Found
a foot of snow & good sleighing at Bethel.
Wea.[Weather] Tuesday December 4, 1900 Ther.[Thermometer]
30 [degrees]                                                                           
40 [degrees]                                                                           
  Cloudy & mild. Snow began falling thinly
at 3 P.M. but it had made but little by dark.
  Took a crust walk with the family after
breakfast. The crust was hard & firm in
most places. It was overlaid by a dusting
of fine snow which showed tracks with nice
detail. I saw those of Skunks, White Hares,
House Cats &, near a stone heap, those of
a Chipmunk. Not a bird of any kind noted.
Dr. Gehring heard a Blue Jay, however.
Had my first treatment in the forenoon (10.30-12)
Walked to post office in P.M. seeing a small
flock of English Sparrows in the village.