Andover - Boston - Concord.
Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] Sept. 28, 1905 [September 28, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear. Much warmer.
  To Boston by 8.21 train.
Spent day in city shopping.
  Bought wall papers for farm
house & ordered a suit of winter 
clothes at Smith's. Visited our 
office twice & signed cheque
for $12,000 & for loan from Estate
to Academy. Took 4.47 train to
Concord. Forbush met me at W. Bed.
station [West Bedford station]. Spent night at cabin.
  Wea. [Weather] Friday 29 [September 29, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear; very warm; A.M.
and cooler; E. [east] wind in P.M.
  Spent A.M. in Holden Hill woods
marking a lot of trees for cutting.
In P.M. rambled about in woods
near Ball's Hill. Forbush writing 
all day. Fully 50 shots fired on
Great Meadow. Saw 3 Snipe on
wing & heard one drum at 8 a.m.
At same hour saw 24 [in a flock] Black Ducks.
They came over Ball's Hill from N. [north]
& circled over Great Meadows many times.
  Concord - Cambridge.
  Wea. [Weather] Sat. [Saturday] Sept. 30, 1905 [September 30, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Early morning cloudy. Remainder of
day clear and very warm.
  To Cambridge by 8.13 train. Met
C. at house. Spent A.M. in Museum
looking over [?] etc. An Orange crowned
Warbler among golden rod, asters etc. at
pond in front of Museum. I got within
8 ft. [feet] of it several times. It was active
but tame. I saw it eat three large
smooth caterpillars. C. [Caroline] went back to Andover by
3.30 train. I visited Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] &
took 5.01 train to W. Bedford [West Bedford].
  Wea. [Weather] Sun. [Sunday] Oct. 1 [October 1, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Early morning cloudy; remainder of day 
clear. Very warm Wind light from S.W. [southwest]
  In A.M. paddled down river to
Birch Island. Autumn coloring gorgeous.
Red maples at their prime to-day. Hickories
nearly so. Birches beginning to turn.
Saw about 100 [in a flock] Crows, 15 [in a flock] Black Ducks
& a Grebe. To farm after dinner
via Holden's Hill returning via Prescott's
pines. Got within 5 ft. [feet] of a large Woodchuck
He remained perfectly still. He was in a 
field & I between him & his hole.
[margin]Saw a large Leopard Frog
swallow a small Wood [Frog][/margin]






