Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather]  SUN.JULY 5, 1908 [Sunday, July 5, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear & hot with light S.W.[southwest] wind. 
  Spent forenoon in Museum working on bird notes. 
C.[Caroline] had arranged a little surprise party to 
celebrate my birth day There were only 
E.R.S.[Elizabeth R. Simmons] & Sam Henshaw beside C. 
& me but we had a fine dinner in 
the back piazza with a big birth day 
cake and fifty seven candles. Henshaw 
spent most of afternoon with us in 
Museum. Dr Jouett called this morning. 
He says my leg is better but I am still very lame. 
[margin] [First cicada heard.] [/margin] 

Sea. [Weather] MONDAY 6 [Monday, July 6, 1908]  Ther. [Thermometer]     
95 [degrees] 
  Clear & warm with fresh W. [west]wind. 
Less humid than the past few days. 
  Spent day in Museum writing
bird notes and reading a good deal. 
Dr Jouett called at 9.30. He
thinks me better although I had 
a good deal of pain last night. 
  E.R.S. left us soon after dinner 
to take the 5 P.M. boat to Rockland
& Mt. Desert where she is to visit the
Eliots. James picking cherries all day. 
He has picked more than a bushel this
season. Purdie spent evening with me. 
Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather]TUES. JULY 7, 1908 [Tuesday, July 7, 1908]      Ther. [Thermometer]
95[degrees]
Clear and intensely hot with light W.[west] wind.
  Spent day in Museum writing 
bird notes & reading. Dr. Jouett called
at 4 P.M. My left leg is still 
desperately lame but I hobble around
the garden once or twice daily. 
  Robins sing freely in early morning 
& at evening. i enjoy this music
exceedingly. Am reading De Soto's Conquest 
of Florida. Anna Almy, who returned
from England today called with her sisters
this evening. Geo V. Leverett also called. 
WEDNESDAY 8
  Clear with strong N.W. wind. Early
morning hot temperatures falling through
day, evening very cool. 
  Spent day in Museum. Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert]
packed my portmanteau & dress
suit case. He also got together
a lot of things to take to the [bank?]
- if we go there. All that is settled in
that I go to Bethel to-morrow,  I am 
still lame & in constant pain. 
C. read aloud to me this evening.