Wea.[Weather] Mon.[Monday] Dec.[December] 17, 1900 Ther.[Thermometer]
-8 [degrees]                                                                                                
+22 [degrees]                                                                                           
  Cloudless with absolutely no wind.
Sunrise tinting on mountains remarkably
fine & sunset tints the most rich &
delicate that I have seen thus far.
Took a turn with the Doctor on new
shoes after breakfast going to the
upper end of our clearing & a little beyond
into the scanty young birch growth. Saw
2 Chickadees & many mouse trails leading
from stump to stump on the snow. In
late P.M. walked to Balsam Knoll
& back. Sunset near the mountains rose tinted.
Wea.[Weather] Tuesday December 18, 1900 Ther.[Thermometer] 
-2 [degrees]                                                                             
+22 [degrees]                                                                              
  Cloudless, dead calm all day
A heavenly morning, air keen but soft.
Took a turn with the Doctor on
snow shoes after breakfast going to
the upper end of our clearing [delete]& a little[/delete] 3/4 mil[miles]
beyond into the woods following an old
[delete]In late P.M. walked up the woods road
to Balsam Knoll.[/delete] wood path. Found
a beautiful region heavily wooded with pines,
hemlocks & balsams with frequent openings.
Heard Kinglets in 2 places, Chickadees once,
2 Red Squirrels. Saw a Partridge twice,
a Porcupine trail & many Fox & Rabbit tracks.
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Wea.[Weather] Wed.[Wednesday] Dec.[December] 19, 1900 Ther.[Thermometer]
+2 [degrees]                                                                                                    
+40 [degrees]                                                                                               
  Cloudy, calm, mild.
  To village in A.M. Saw a Blue Jay in apple
trees near a house.
  To Glen Woods in late P.M. Snow thawing
everywhere & falling from trees in masses. Every now
& then the branch of a pine would break with a
report as loud as a pistol as a cartload of snow
fell on it from a branch above. The snow shoeing
was very difficult & laborious as the wet heavy
snow clogged & loaded the shoes at every step.
Saw one flock of 4 Chickadees accompanied by a 
Creeper, another of 5 by 2 Canada Nuthatches.
No fresh tracks in these woods. Evidently the
forest folk stayed in their dens last night.
Wea.[Weather] Thursday December 20, 1900 Ther.[Thermometer]
+35 [degrees]                                                                               
+40 [degrees]                                                                              
  Cloudy with light rain last night
and snow squalls this P.M. Violent N.W.[North West] wind
started up at 8 P.M.
  Heard Blue Jays screaming this morning &
later 2 came into apple tree near our house.
Spent A.M. indoors writing etc.
Started out on snow shoes at 3 P.M.
taking the beaten trail to the Glen Woods.
Went far beyond where the Doctor & I stopped
on Tuesday coming out at Rose Meadows.
Saw 4 Kinglets (3 together, 1 alone) & a Creeper.
There were no fresh tracks save those of Squirrels.
  The snow has settled [?] & is nearly all off the 
trees. It was nearly dark when I got back.