Bethel - Andover (Me.) [Maine]
Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] Sept. 8, 1902 [September 8, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear with strong N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent most of day staking out the
field to the S.W. [southwest] of the house for tree
planting, working alone all the forenoon, 
with the Doctor & Megrew in the
 afternoon. There are to be a succession
of openings surrounded by planted woods
with wood roads, foot paths, etc.
Saw very few birds.
Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 9 [September 9, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Early morning clear & calm. Remainder of
day cloudy with strong S.W. [southwest] wind. Rain
began falling at 7 P.M. & continued through night.
Dr. Gehring, George Farnsworth, George Megrew &
I left Bethel at 8.30 A.M. in a canopy
beach wagon drawn by a pair of horses.
Drove to Hanover & thence through a beautiful
wooded road to a pond where we unharnessed
& fed the horses, made coffee & had lunch.
  Kept on after lunch reaching Andover, Me. [Maine], at
4.30 P.M. supping at French's Hotel.
  Took a walk before supper crossing the river
& going over a beautiful place owned by a
Mr. Suter. Blackbirds and Chippins abundant
all along the roadsides. The drive to Andover
is a very pretty one.
Andover - Bethel.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Sept. 10, 1902 [September 10, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Early morning cloudy; remainder of day clear
with strong N.W. [northwest] wind.
  We left Andover at 9 A.M. taking the
road on the E. [east] side of Ellis River to
Rumford Point where we crossed the Androscoggin
on a ferry boat propelled by the current.
  A mile or two further on we stopped for lunch
in a field sheltered by woods [,] building a fire
in a wood path just inside the woods.
Found a hollow near the river bank that was filled
with a variety of plants, one of them new to me.
Continued on our way through a road that led
over the E. [east] slope of Mt. Farwell & reached
Bethel at 4 P.M.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 11 [September 11, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudless, warm, light S. [south] wind.
  Spent entire A.M. staking out winding
driveways for planting in the field S.W. [southwest]
of the house, Jacob Hittinger & his wife
assisting me.
  Wrote letters most of P.M. but the
Doctor & I went over the field &
discussed the plan for planting it, just
before dinner. Pretty Miss Gilman of
Cambridge lunched at the Gehrings this noon.
I called on Mrs. True in the evening.