Concord.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Aug. 7, 1901 [August 7, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy most of day with a perfect
deluge of rain in A.M. coming in
a succession of showers. Clear in late
P.M. Excessively sultry.
  Purdie & I drove to Concord at 7.30.
I took 8.05 train for Boston to meet
C. [Caroline] at Jordan & Marsh's. We looked at
a lot of rings & at covering for
furniture. Dined together at Parkers.
I took 2.14 P.M. train back to Concord
with Leander who spent night at farm.
He gave me much valuable advice as to
changes in house etc.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 8 [August 8, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  A.M. brilliantly clear with cool N.W. [northwest]
wind. P.M. cloudy & sultry with
thunder muttering in distance.
  Spent day with the men. We put
up a lot of wire fence in [?]
in front of the house.
  At evening walked to Birch Field.
Birds sang freely to-day. A Wood Pewee
& a Towhee in full continuous song.
Red eyes singing frequently but
listlessly. Many Martins & Barn Swallows
flying about. Leander left me
at 7.45 this morning.
Concord - Lancaster.
Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Aug. 9, 1901 [August 9, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear with hot sun but cool W. [west] wind.
  Spent most of day with the men.
In P.M. wrote for an hour and also
cut a foot path through the woods
below the house to the grove of red
pines. A Wood Pewee & a Towhee sang
nearly all day; A Redstart a little
in the morning.
  After supper walked to Davis's Hill.
Saw a Dove in Green Field, a Tanager in
nearly full song on Davis's Hill. Song & Swamp
Sparrows singing. Great flock of Red wings heard.
Wea. [Weather] Saturday 10 [August 10, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear and warmer.
  Spent A.M. making, with Pat's help,
a wild garden just behind the old barn.
In P.M. moved everything back to cabin.
I walked down through the woods. Heard
a Yellow-bill Cuckoo sing brokenly & saw a
Water Thrush on the river path. Near the 
W. Bedford [West Bedford] Station a Bluebird was in nearly
full song at 5 P.M. as I waited for my car.
Took 5.34 P.M. train for Lancaster.
Found C. [Caroline], E.R.S. [Elizabeth Simmons] & Mrs. Simmons at the
house.