Concord - Lancaster
Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Oct. 18, 1901 [October 18, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer] 
  Clear & cold with strong N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Took 8.54 A.M. Fitchburg train for Concord.
At 10.10 C. [Caroline], Miss Swazey,
Miss Austen, & [and] Miss Holman arrived from
Lancaster. We drove about town for an
hour or more to see the sights & [and] then
went to Ball's Hill where we all dined
at the cabin. After dinner walked to
the farm whence the ladies drove back 
to town. I walked back to cabin. 
Raymond Emerson arrived at 7 P.M.
& [and] spent the night with me.
Wea. [Weather] Saturday 19 [October 19, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
30 [degrees] 8 P.M.
  Clear. morning cold with raging N.W. [northwest]
wind. At 10 A.M. the wind shifted
suddenly to S.W. [southwest] & [and] the weather became
at once deliciously warm again.
  Raymond got off at sunrise & [and] returned
to breakfast. He saw a flock of 6
Ducks. At noon he came in with
a Coot one of the two which he found at
Birch Island.
  I spent the forenoon at the farm.
  Gilbert & [and] I left Concord by 5.34
P.M. train for Lancaster where
we both spent the night.
Lancaster - Concord
Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Oct. 20, 1901 [October 20, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudless with light S.W. [southwest] wind. Warm
through the middle of the day.
  In A.M. Gilbert & [and] I packed up all
my things to go back to Cambridge.
C. [Caroline] will pack to-morrow & [and] leave on 
Monday. At 11.30 A.M. C. [Caroline] & [and] I walked
across the meadows opposite the house at
the big elm by the river. Bluebirds calling.
In P.M. John Thayer drove me over
to the farm near [?] Pond, to the 
old state quarry, & [and] to the Shirley Shakers.
Saw a Yellow Palm Warbler & [and] at least 100 D. coronata [Dendroica coronata]
Wea. [Weather] Monday 21 [October 21, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear and rather warm with light S.W. [Southwest]
wind.
  With John Thayer left Lancaster
by 7.30 A.M. train. On reaching Concord
we took a carriage & [and] drove about town
visiting the Emersons and the Manse & [and]
driving up over [?] Hill.
Reached the cabin at 11 & [and] dined there
at 12. Spent P.M. in the woods
going over nearly my whole grounds.
Saw lots of small birds. Spent
the evening talking.