South Yarmouth.
Wea. [Weather] FRI. [Friday] SEPT. 4, 1903 [September 4, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear with strong S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Alice & Will Stone & I started at
10 a.m. in an open wagon &
drive across the Cape to Brewster
where we put up the horse in a barn
& lunched on a hill top overlooking
two large ponds. After lunch followed
course of Herring River to Marsh
filled with wild flowers among them
rose mallow in bloom. Saw 2 marsh
Hawks, 2 Bitterns, 5 Night Herons & 2
Kingfishers here. Returned past Long
& Pleasant Ponds & through Harwich getting
home at 6.45.
Wea. [Weather] Saturday 5 [September 5, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
Sunny but hazy. Strong S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Spent A.M. about the house.
With Alice and Will Stone went
up Bass River in P.M. in
Carl Davis' steam launch.
Went to the upper end of the
upper pond & then in a skiff
still further up a winding creek
bordered by dense cattail flags.
Landed & found colony of
Ant Lions [antlion]. Saw 2 Gr. Blue Herons [great blue heron],
a Yellowleg & 7 or 8 Kingfishers.
So. Yarmouth [South Yarmouth], Cambridge - Pigeon Cove
Wea. [Weather] SUN. [Sunday] SEPT. 6, 1903 [September 6, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear with violent
N.W. [northwest] wind. Much cooler.
Called on the Hallowells after
breakfast & spent an hour or more
there. In P.M. walked to
Swan Pond by a new & circuitous
series of wood paths. Alice & Will
Stone with me. As we were standing
in an opening near the pond a
Turkey Buzzard passed within 200
yards flying northward. It was in
sight for a minute or more. Solitary
& Spotted Sandpipers at pond.
Wea. [Weather] Monday 7 [September 7, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear & cool with fresh N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Labor Day! Left So. Yarmouth [South Yarmouth]
by 7.45 A.M. train. Reached 
Boston at 10.15. To Cambridge
by electrics reaching home about
noon. Found C. [Caroline] there. She told
me that Dr. Goldthwait has
decided that there must be
an operation to relieve the trouble
in her knees. Called on Miss
Folsom. Took 6.30 p.m. train
to Pigeon Cove & spent night at 
Leander's house there.