Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] July 30, 1903 Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear & intensely hot with light S.W. [Southwest]
wind.
  Took 9.08 A.M. train for Falmouth
with Trustees Pub. Reservations [Trustees of Public Reservations] to
inspect park at Long Pond. Party
included Jus. Brooks, Gen. Woodbury,
Mr. Parker (of Worcester) Mr. Cory (of Malden)
Mr. Fitzgerald, Dr. Chas. Minst, &
Arthur Estabrook. [?] I. Piper received
us at station, drove us to Park &
around town & gave us lunch at his
house. Edmond Forbes joined us at [?]
We got back to Boston at 5 P.M.
Wea. [Weather] Friday 31 [July 31, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
A.M. clear; P.M. cloudy. Comfortably
cool all day.
  Spent A.M. in Museum writing my
report for Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology], finishing
it in about two hours.
  Walter & I attended Miss Harriett
Buttrick's funeral at Concord in P.M.
taking the 2.05 train up & the 4.15
train back. About forty people at
the funeral. Saw & talked with Miss Addie,
Miss White, Mrs. Hosmer & others.
Cyrus Clark was there.
Wea. [Weather] Sat. [Saturday] Aug. [August 1, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear & cool with light W. [West] wind.
  Spent day in Museum, finishing
& sending off Philadelphia Vireo
article, copying some bird notes &
writing a number of letters. Also
did a little work in the garden.
C. [Caroline] & I with Larry, walked to
the Gray place after dinner.
  Rebecca Vose left us yesterday &
Miss Swazy departed this morning.
Faxon took tea with me on the piazza
this evening to see the Robins come in.
Wea. [Weather] Sunday 2 [August 2, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear & very cool with light N.W. [Northwest] wind.
  Gilbert & I left Cambridge at 9 A.M. 
& went to W. Bedford [West Bedford] by electrics crossing
the river to Ball's Hill as usual. As usual
also, I walked to the farm alone taking
plenty of time to visit my beds of wild
flowers etc. Purdie & Davenport (the
farm men) had gone to Concord by steam
road & Hansen had driven them down.
We all met at dinner in the farm house.
Davenport left by 4.13 train for Boston; Purdie
spent night with us.