South Yarmouth, Cambridge, Concord.
Wea. [Weather] TUES. SEPT. 15, 1908 [Tuesday, September 15, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear & very cool with strong
N.W. [northwest] wind. Took 10.08 A.M.
train for Boston. On arriving got
lunch at South Station & then went
to Cambridge where I found C. [Caroline] & E.R.S. [ Elizabeth R. Simmons].
In P.M. planted some Sabbatia [Sabatia] & Coreopsis
rosea in the little pond front of Museum.
Heard the [male] Carolina Wren sing once
about 4 P.M. Called at Walter Deane's
at 7.30 & found Charlie Deane &
H.K. Job at dinner there. Spent
rest of evening with C. & E.R.S.
Cambridge - Concord. 
Wea.[Weather] Wednesday, Sept.16, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
Sunny but densely hazy. Cool. Heavy
white frost in early morning. Strong E. [east] wind.
  Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] & I went to Concord by 9.08
train, taking Larry. I spent day working
with James & George on canoe pit.
Took 4.24 train back to Cambridge
where I spent the night. Sat in 
the hall with C.through the evening.
The house is to be closed to-morrow.
  I saw very few birds at Concord
& nothing of any interest.
Cambridge, Concord.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday, Sept 17 [Thursday, September 17, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Sunny but hazy. Strong E. [east] wind. Warm.
  Took 8.02 train to Boston with C. & 
E.R.S. Put them on 9 A.M. train for
Portland & Bethel and then took
8.57 train for Concord. Worked
at Ball's Hill all day with James,
George & Pat. We dug out the
canoe pit & made some changes in
the landing. Saw very few birds
except a flock of Black-polls [Blackpoll warblers], a
dozen or more in number. The
river is at its lowest ebb & the
woods as dry as tinder.
[margin] Our Cambridge house was closed to-day.[/margin]
Wea. [Weather] FRIDAY 18 [Friday, September 18, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Sunny but densely hazy with a strong
smell of smoke. In afternoon the smoke
hung low in a thick pall obscuring everything.
It was very warm all day with W. [west] wind.
  Gilbert & I went to farm after breakfast
& dined there. We picked all the remaining 
peaches & made up several handsome 
baskets to give away. James has sold
$25. worth. The crop has been over thirty bushels.
Mr. Dexter M. Rogers, U.S. Gypsy Moth man, 
called just after dinner. I took him to
Davis & Ball's Hill. He thinks the entire
place with be stripped in three years.