Lancaster - Bethel
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Sept. 4, 1901 [September 4, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer ]
  Clear and warm.
  C. [Caroline] & [and] I took Larry through Cemetery
lane just after breakfast. I worked
on Cambridge Birds remainder of A.M.
At 3 P.M. C. [Caroline] & [and] I drove over to the
Thayers' seeing Mrs. Thayer. We three
drove to the Blacksmiths' & [and] paid his bill.
At 5.30 P.M. we walked through Cemetery
Lane to the great fields beyond. The
Crow Blackbirds came to their roost in their
flocks. It is in two groups of large white pines.
Several flocks of cow birds & [and] Red wings also
roost in the woods nearby.
[margin]Hadji died today at Har. Vet Hos. [Harvard Veterinary Hospital] in Boston
of bronchitis complicated with heart disease[/margin]
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 5 [September 5, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & [and] very warm. 
  C. [Caroline] drove me over to Clinton where
I took 8.36 A.M. train for Portland.
It was a tedious journey, hot & [and] dusty
over a rough road with many small 
stations. Scenery monotonous & [and] uninteresting.
Reached Portland at 1.15. Drove
across city in a hack & [and] caught 1.30
train bring [bringing] a couple of sandwiches & [and]
some bananas for lunch. Reached Bethel
at 4.30. The birches all the way from
Lancaster to West Pass look as if scorched
by fire. Those about Bethel are only slightly
affected. It is the work of an insect.
Bethel
Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Sept. 6, 1901 [September 6, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer ]
60 [degrees]
86 [degrees]
  Clear & [and] warm. Calm all day.
  Spent A.M. in house writing letters & [and]
correcting proof of article on the "Kicker" for Auk.
In P.M. the Doctor & [and] I went to the Glen
Woods. They were most beautiful. Red Squirrels
& [and] Canada Nuthatches much more numerous there
than they were last winter. Saw large mixed flock
with many Warblers, but unidentified only D. maculosa [Dendroica maculosa]
& D. coronata [Dendroica coronata], Flickers, Blue Jays, Chickadees, Kinglets
& [and] a King bird. Heard a Partridge drum.
At 8 P.M. news reached us of President Mc.Kinley's [McKinley's]
assassination this P.M. at Buffalo. He is still living.
Wea. [Weather] Saturday 7 [September 7, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & [and] very warm with light S. [south] to W. [west] wind.
  Spent  A.M. in house writing etc.
In P.M. the Doctor & [and] I drove over
to Songo Pond, tied the horse in the woods, 
and taking a heavy, flat-bottomed boat
round to the outlet where we spent about
2 hours fishing. We used birch poles which
we had cut in the woods & [and] worms for bait.
The fish bit well & [and] we caught about 2 doz. [dozen]
large red perch besides bream, horn pouts
a chub & [and] a pickerel. It is 25 years since I
have had such an experience & [and] I really enjoyed  it.