Lancaster - Concord
Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Aug. 23, 1901 [August 23, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Partly cloudy. Sultry.
  C. [Caroline] & I took Larry through
Cemetery Lane after breakfast.
I spent the remainder of the
forenoon working at the revision
of the Cambridge Birds. It has
gone slowly for i have to rewrite
some of the biographies.
  Wrote letters & took a drive in P.M.
Wea. [Weather] Saturday 24 [August 24, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  A.M. clear & hot; P.M. cloudy & sultry.
Rained steadily from 6-8 P.m. violently
with thunder & lightning from 8-12 P.M.
heavily rest of night.
  C. [Caroline] & i drove over to the Thayers' at 9 A.M.
seeing Mr. and Mrs. Thayer. I finished revising
Cambridge Birds in A.M.
  C. [Caroline] & I took 3.15 P.M. train to Groton where
we spent about 2 hours with the Jefferson's. C. [Caroline] went
back to Lancaster at 6; I took 6.11 train 
for Concord. Drove down to cabin in the
rain. Found Melvin & Gilbert there.
Melvin & I talked until midnight.
Concord - Boston - Lancaster.
Wea. [Weather] Sun. [Sunday] Aug. 25, 1901 [August 25, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  A.M. cloudy; P.M. clear; a superb sunset.
  Melvin brought his automobile up last
night. At 9.30 A.M. he got up steam
& we started for a drive. Went first to farm;
then through Concord to Nagog Pond. On
the new state road, we made 25 m. [miles] an
hour for several miles. It was like flying
& I enjoyed it greatly. Stopped at farm
on way back. Melvin left me at 4 P.M.
I walked to Pine Park at evening. A Mniotilta
varia sang freely at sunrise & a Yellow billed
Cuckoo cooed at the farm. No other birds sang.
Wea. [Weather] Monday 26 [August 26, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  A.M. cloudy & misty; P.M. sunny.
  Spent A.M. with Pat & Hansen in 
Pine Park where we transplanted a
number of white pines.
  Left cabin at 1.30 P.M. and went by
electric car to Concord where I took 2.25
train for Boston. Arriving there took
electric car for Village St. where I visited
Har. Vet. Hos. [Harvard Veterinary Hospital] & saw Hadji. He is still
very ill with bronchitis. Went to Lancaster
by 5.14 express. C. [Caroline] met me at station.
Dando is ill with epizootic