Bethel.
Wea. [Weather] WED.  JULY 29, 1908 [Wednesday, July 29. 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Thunder shower midnight.
Clear, humid, oppressively warm. Wind S.W. [southwest]
Spent forenoon writing letters. & 
shopping at Ceylon Rowe's where I
bought rubber boots, mocasins [moccasins], & two thin
flannel shirts, all for use at the Lake.
  Visited Shack about 5 P.M. spending
nearly an hour there. Crows cawing in
distance, Purple Martins, old & young, calling
overhead; Also Eave Swallows & Cedar Birds [Cedar Waxwings].
A few Warblers chirping in trees. No birds 
singing here. Red-eyes [Red-eyed Vireos] in full song all day
in [?] & about our house. They are the only
birds I hear now through the hotter hours.
[margin]5 different mig. [migratory] Warblers hd. [heard] 8 - 9 P.M.[/margin]
Wea. [Weather] THURSDAY 30 [Thursday, July 30, 1908} Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear with drifting cloud masses.
Excessively sultry - about the hardest 
day thus far of a hot summer.
  Spent most of forenoon writing
letters. Walked to post office about 
noon & got the mail.
  Went to the Shack at 5 P.M. 
and spent an hour there. Two Red -eyes [Red-eyed Vireos]
singing. Found another fresh killed
Star-nosed Mole in the path. Like
those found on the 17th it had been
bitten in the back, no doubt by a Fox.
Bethel - Lakeside.
Wea. [Weather] FRI.  JULY 31, 1908 [Friday, July 31, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
92 [degrees]
Clear & hot with fresh W. [west] wind
  To Bethel by stage (11 A.M. - 6.30 P.M.)
Enjoyed the ride exceedingly despite the heat.
Number of stag-horn sumacs by roadside
in North Bethel, now beyond - Gray birds [?]
in Newry above Poplar [Tavern?]. Immense
numbers of small birds in Grafton chiefly
Swallows, Chippers [Chipping Sparrows], Song Sparrows & Kingbirds.
1000 Eave & Barn Swallows in one flock on tel wires [telephone wires]. 
3 [female] Redwings [Red-winged Blackbirds] near Brooks' & a [male] Sparrow
Hawk near Thale Brown's. Woods devastated
by recent lumbering in many places.
Wea. [Weather] SAT. AUG. 1. 1908 [Saturday, August 1, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear & deliciously cool with
strong N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Hermit Thrush, Winter Wren, Peabody Bird
& Song Sparrows singing at daybreak.
Goldfinches & Red-eyes [Red-eyed Vireos] well into forenoon.
  Spent day about house putting
my things in order. Walked twice
to steamer landing. Alva Coolidge
called to see me in late P.M., coming
over from Upton in his new 17 ft.
motor boat. The house filled with
guests to-night, all strangers to me.