Concord - Boston - Cambridge - Lancaster
Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] July 22, 1901 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & hot with light W. [west] wind.
  Took 8.15 A.m. train for Boston.
Went to Dr. Blake's office by appointment
at 10.30 to have my left ear examined.
It has troubled me much of late. Dr. B. [Blake]
says there is thickening of the drum.
I cannot now hear delicate sounds with
that ear but the right ear is as good as ever.
Dined with Arthur Estabrook at his
lunch club & spent 2 hours in Museum & garden.
Took 5 P.M. train for Lancaster.
Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 23 [July 23, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & warm with light E. [east] wind.
  To the river via Cemetery Lane with C. [Caroline]
& the dogs just after breakfast.
  Wrote from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.
I am working now on an article
on the Little Black Rail for the
Auk.
  At 4.30 started for Clinton in the
Surrey with C. [Caroline] & Miss Swazey.
We did some shopping & drove back
by way of Boston station
Lancaster
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] July 24, 1901 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & warm with fresh S.W. [southwest] wind.
  The usual walk in the usual way
at the usual time this morning.
Spent remainder of day writing.
C. [Caroline] & Miss Swazey drove over to the
Thayers in P.M. After supper C. [Caroline]
& I went to the river bank where
we saw the great flock of Swallows going 
to roost a short time ago. Only about a
dozen, all Barn Swallows, resorted to the
roost this evening.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 25 [July 25, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  A.M. cloudy, P.M. clearing. Heavy rain
all last night. Cool to-day.
  C. [Caroline] not well to-day so I walked alone
to Cemetery Lane this morning taking "Hadji".
Just before sunset walked over the fields 
across the road from our house. Started
at least 7 or 8 Meadow Larks & heard several
of them singing. Three large flocks of Crow
Blackbirds flying eastward following one another
at short intervals.
  Spent most of day working on an article
on the "Kicker" for the Auk.