Cambridge.
Wea[ther] TUES[day] DEC[ember] 25, 1900 Ther[mometer]
32 [degrees]; 44 [degrees] Cambridge
33 [degrees]; 42 [degrees] Bethel
  Clear, calm, mild.
(The weather has been very uniform here for
nearly two weeks. It is like early November.
  To church with C[aroline] at 8.30. Walked afterwards
up the River Parkway & through Elmwood.
Opened the presents at 11 A.M. Frank Manning
with us & Loring at the time. Dined at the
Thayers. All the family & children there as
well as Will & Edward Simmons & the latters wife
& children. Will Simmons very entertaining about
his hunting experiences.
  Went to town with C[aroline] & E.R.S. in the evening &
heard the "Messiah" in the new Music hall.
Walter counted 1375 Gulls on Fresh Pond.
Wea[ther] WEDNESDAY [December] 26[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
29 [degrees]; 32 [degrees] Bethel
  Fair, clouds & sunshine alternating. A
rather high & very cold W[est] wind.
  Drove to Fresh P[ond] with Gilbert at 10 A.M.
taking the 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 camera. There were about
300 Gulls & 140 Ducks on the ice at the 
edge of a rather large area of open water off the 
Hemlocks. Exposed 2 plates at them but the
light was poor & they turned out badly.
  Spent P.M. in the museum.
  Meeting of council of Nuttall Club at 8 P.M.
to consider remunerating Secretary. Voted to 
give him $25 for past years services
Cambridge.
Wea[ther] THUR[sday] DEC[ember] 27, 1900 Ther[mometer]
20 [degrees]; 30 [degrees] Camb[ridge]
10 [degrees]; 21 [degrees] Bethel
  Brilliantly clear with almost no wind.
  Drove to Mus[eum] Comp[arative] Zoology at 10 A.M. to meet
with the Committee on Instruction. The other two
members, Dr Ch[?] & Dr. Blake, appeared at 10.30 
& Dr Mark showed us through all the various rooms
in the Biology Dept.[department]. This tour of inspection consumed
nearly 2 hours.
  In P.M. C[aroline] & I drove over to Longwood to call on
the Greenoughs. Only Constance & her baby were there
to receive us. Called at the Coolidges after our return.
Wea[ther] FRIDAY [December] 28[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
32 [degrees]
7 [degrees]; 26 [degrees] Bethel
  Spent day in Museum. In A.M.
wrote some difficult letters  to Hyatt &
Batchelder about the supposed Wilson "types".
There are 16 birds originally from the Peale collection
which I bought of Maynard last February.
I have offered to restore them to the Society
on certain conditions.
  Loris Howe called at 8 P.M. with plans
for altering the farm house at Concord.