Bethel, M[ain]e
Wea[ther] WED[nesday] DEC[ember] 5, 1900 Ther[mometer]
  It snowed steadily all last night & through
to-day, more than 18 inches falling. The snow
was light but damp & clung to the trees
in sheltered places but the wind blew it off
from those about the house. The mountains
have been obscured during the past two days.
There is no bird or animal life visable*[visible] from 
the house. Nothing but the unbroken waste
of spotless snow. 
  Took a treatment at 10.30
Wea[ther] THURSDAY [December] 6[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
13 [degrees]
30 [degrees]
  Clear with light W[est] wind. Early
morning cold; middle of day warm.
  Passer domesticus - 2 in valley
  Cyanocitta cristata 2 flying over woods
  Dryobates villosus 1 in apple orchard
  In A.M. took 6 photos with Panorama
Kodak. In P.M. walked through deep
snow to woods W[est] of house where I saw
2 Blue Jays, tracks of many rabbits & one
track of a Lynx. The sunset (at 4 P.M.)
was very fine.
Bethel, M[ain]e
Wea[ther] FRI[day] DEC[ember] 7, 1900 Ther[mometer]
17 [degrees]
32 [degrees]
  Veiled sunshine in A.M. cloudy in
P.M. with snow squalls at evening.
The snow softened a little & the [?] dropped
slightly in P.M.
  Out with the 5 x 7 camera after breakfast.
Waded through deep snow up the clearing
(Southward) & exposed 4 plates on distant
mountains. The air was still & [?] warm.
I wore neither overcoat nor gloves yet came
in dripping with perspiration. Heard a 
Jay screeching.
  Walked to village in P.M. Saw a Flicker
chasing a Sparrow (domesticus) which I think
he caught.
Wea[ther] SATURDAY [December] 8[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
14 [degrees]
28 [degrees]
  Brilliantly clear, dead calm, mild at midday.
  Took my usual walk (or wade) after breakfast 
over the fields S[outh] of the house. Exposed 2 plates there.
Heard Blue Jays & the distant flight call of a Goldfinch.
In P.M. drove out 2 miles along the Middle Intervale
Road with Dr. Gehring & Mr. Potter. Exposed 6
plates, 5 of them on snow loaded white pines through
which the road passed, 1 (15 m[inutes] after sunset) on a 
distant view up the river valley. The woods & fields
were wonderously beautiful & the mountains superb.
Saw a Blue jay & heard a Chickadee. The air though
frosty was singularly soft & grateful. Got back at
4.30 P.M.