Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Oct. 22, 1902 [October 22, 1902]  Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear. Water & the surface of
the ground froze last night but a soft
S.W. [Southwest] wind started soon after sunrise &
the day was deliciously warm.
  In A.M. C. & I walked to Ball's Hill
via Prescott's pines & Davis's Hill returning
past Bensen's & through the oak woods.
  In P.M. we drove to Concord with
old Charley & called at the Emerson's
seeing both Mr. & Mrs. E. [Emerson]
Wea. [Weather]  Thursday 23 [October 23, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy with light rain in the early
morning. Wind light from the S.E. [Southeast] & N.E. [Northeast]
  C. [Caroline] left me at 10.20 A.M. Gilbert
drove her to Concord whence she went
to Cambridge by electrics. The men
& I burned a lot of birch brush
in the pasture in P.M.
Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Oct. 24, 1902 [October 24, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
A.M. clear & warm. P.M. cloudy
with high S.W. [Southwest] wind. Heavy white frost
early this morning & ground again frozen.
  Spent A.M. working with the men
in the birches below the pasture.
We took out a lot of stumps & 
Hansen carted wood to the wood shed
on Hemlock Knoll.
H.M. Spelman arrived at noon on
his bicycle returning to Cambridge at
3.30. We walked to Birch Id. [Birch Island] after dinner.
Wea. [Weather]  Saturday 25 [October 25, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear with raging N.W. [Northwest] wind. Warm through
forenoon, cool at evening.
  Spent day working with the men 
in the woods which lie between
the cow pasture & Birch Field.
We cut out a wood road
completely through there & finished
it the greater part of the way.
Birds scarce. Saw two flights of
Crows & heard a Gr. Horned Owl [Great Horned Owl]
hooting just before sunset.