Bethel - Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. Aug. 26, 1908 [Wednesday, August 26, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Raining all day. Wind N.E. [northeast]. Cold.
  Left Bethel at 9 A.M. and
reached Boston at 4.15 P.M.
Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] met me at North Station.
We took Fitchburg R.R. [Fitchburg Railroad] to Cambridge
& I drove from Porters to our house. 
C.[Caroline], E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] and Lotty Kettell there
with Mrs. Green & Julia in kitchen.
We sat by a big, open fire in the
hall through evening, talking
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 27. [Thursday, August 27, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy & cold with occasional
gleams of sunshine.
  Spent day in Museum
unpacking my things & writing letters.
Called on Walter in late afternoon.
C. asked E.R.S. & me to discard
pictures & select paper for our
chamber which we did.
25+ Robins, 8 Cedar Birds [cedar waxwings] [in a flock], 2 Hummers [hummingbirds],
75+ [in a flock] Crow Blackbirds (on wing) and
a Flicker noted in the Garden.
Cambridge - Boston.
Wea. [Weather] FRI. AUG. [Friday, August 28, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear & bracingly cool
with fresh N.E. [northeast] wind.
  Went in town with E.R.S. at 10 A.M.
to select some new pictures for C's & my
chamber at 145 [145 Brattle Street - Brewster home]. We chose a Raphael
Madonna, a photograph of Highland
cattle & a Dutch picture & ordered
them framed. After that I called at
office, lunched at "Bunch O' Grapes"
& bought a Mission desk for Museum.
Got home about 2.30 P.M. Lotty K. [Lotty Kettell]
was a little ill to-day. C., E.R.S. & I
spent the evening with her up stairs, reading aloud.
Wea. [Weather] SATURDAY 29 [Saturday, August 29, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear. Warmer with light
S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Spent forenoon in Museum & Garden.
Gave James directions about his work
& told him I should not want him
after October 15th. He is a good fellow
but inexperienced & inefficient in some ways.
 C., E.R.S., Lotty & I lunched in my den
at 12.30. Drove over to No. Camb. [North Cambridge] Junction
in two coupés. C., E. & Lotty took 1.49
train for Northampton. I had my pocket
picked & a mileage book taken while putting 
them on cars. I took 2.08 train for
W. Bedford [West Bedford] & settled at the cabin.
[margin]Paddled down to Birch Is. [Island] in late P.M.[/margin]