Cambridge- Boston- Concord
Wea. [Weather] Sat. [Saturday] July 14, 1906 [Thermometer]
  Clear with light, cool E. [east] wind.  
To Boston at 9 A.M. Arthur E. [Arthur Estabrook]
and I met Solomon Lincoln by
appointment in his office at 10.30.
He says the cannot be authorized
by any court to invest in Mass. [Massachusetts]
bonds but he advises us to do it
without authorization. We afterwards
consulted Bemis about it but 
reached no final decision.
  Took 1.47 train for Concord.
Paddled up river to Beaver Dam
rapids at sunset Fully 600 Red wings
went to roost there.

Wea. [Weather] Sunday 15 [July 15, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & warm with light S. [south] wind.
  Took a walk after breakfast
going to Holden's Hill & the Blakeman
woods. Walked to the farm in
P.M. by way of Bensen's & the
Ritchie place returning at evening
via Birch Field, Prescott pines
& Davis Hill. Saw deer tracks
in Birch Field & Green Field.
Many people on the river.
Bull frogs & Green Frogs in full
cry after dark.

Concord - Cambridge
Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] July 16, 1906 [Thermometer]
  Clear & warm with light S. [south] wind.
  Returned to Cambridge by 8.13
A.M. train. Spent day in Museum
writing letters. Gilbert remained in
Concord to get berries & vegetables.
Walter at printers all day looking
after printing of Index. It is nearly
through the press & the entire book
will be finished to-morrow.
  Messrs. Baldwin & Remick called
at 8 P.M. Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] dined with me 7
& spent evening Remick showed me a wing
of a young Glaucous Gull killed Quincy Bay.

Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 17 [July 17, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & oppressively hot & sultry.
Heavy shower with distant thunder
5.30-7 P.M.
  Spent day in Museum
writing letters etc. Mc. Kechnie [Frederick B. McKechnie]
called in P.M. bringing some of
Hoyles Heath hens, all typical
birds. Walter at Wheelers in A.M.
All but a few pages of our book
are now printed. James telephoned
me about 5.45 that the Ritchie barn
had just been struck by lightning & 
was burning down.