1904 [January 2, 1904]
Boston
  Snowing steadily all day & the following about 15 in [inches] falling, Wind
moderate through day, blowing a full gale at angles & drifting the snow badly.
[delete]N.E. [northeast] not strong[/delete] - cold. then said to have been 4 [degrees] at house.
  Dr. Townsend called to treat my throat about
9.30 A.M. He tells me that Ralph Hoffmann went to
Moon Id. [Moon Island] yesterday & saw there upwards of 50 Ring-
billed Gulls & one or two Coot (Fulica), the latter no
doubt our Fresh Pond birds. Margaret saw a lot of
Ring-bills at Moon Id. [Moon Island] last winter. The big sewer
empties there.
  Spent day at Athletic Club, then A.M. in reading
& writing letters, the P.M. in working on the
Cambridge List.