Cambridge - E. Watertown [East Watertown] - Ipswich.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Aug. 27, 1902 [August 27, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & warm with light E. [east] wind. Sky
half filled at times with cumulus clouds.
  At 9.30 A.M. Gilbert & I took electric to
Mt. Auburn. Entering the oak woods behind the
Catholic Cemetery we visited the pond behind
Mt. Auburn, French's Hill & the mouth
of around Brook. Exposed twelve 5 x 7 plates.
Returned by electrics via Central Square.
Spent P.M. in Fresh Pond Swamps. Took
train to Hill's Crossing, thence walked to
Smith's Pond & house through swamps.
Exposed ten more 5 x 7 plates.

Wea. [Weather] Thursday 28 [August 28, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  A.M. partly cloudy; P.M. brilliantly 
clear with light E. [east] wind. A beautiful cool
day.
  C. [Caroline], E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons], & I went to Ipswich by 10.10
A.M. train. Drove to Woodbury's where 
we had dinner. Emerton staying there
photographing spider webs & tracks in the sand.
After dinner walked to crest of sand hills
& exposed ten 4 x 5 plates.
Started back at 2 P.M. visiting the
hill park N. [north] of the light house where I
used to shoot [?] op[?][?][?]s.
Reached train at 4.50 & took 5.50
train for Boston.

Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Aug. 29, 1902 [August 29, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Sunny but hazy. Cool with light E. [east] wind.
  Spent day in Museum writing
notes & letters & doing various other
things. The plate proofs of Lower Cala. [Lower California]
have all gone back & Walter is 
working on galley proofs of [?].
Mrs. Frank J. Birtwell called
in P.M. for some advice
respecting her husband's book.
Almost no birds in garden save Robins
a Red-cap & a Catbird.

Wea. [Weather] Saturday 30 [August 30, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear with light S.W. [southwest] to S.E. [southeast] wind. Warm.
  At 10 A.M. Gilbert & I started
for the Coolidge farm, E. Watertown [East Watertown], taking
the 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 camera. Exposed four
plates one in woods behind Catholic Cemetery,
two at pond in rear of Mt. Auburn, one 
at western base of French's Hill. Saw
eight Purple Finches together [?] the pond.
  Spent P.M. writing up bird notes
& journal for August.