Concord - Cambridge - Boston.
Wea. [Weather]  THUR. OCT. 1, 1908  Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy with light easterly winds.
Early morning foggy. Cool all day.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill working
with my men, chiefly on the
boat canals & landings. Hosner &
another carpenter worked on the men's 
cabin. It was begun yesterday
& boarded & roofed to night.
C. [Caroline] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] returned from Bethel
today. Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] went down to meet them.
I paddled up river at sunset. It was
calm, mild, cloudy. Heard the full song
of a Red-wing [Red-winged Blackbird] given a dozen times or [more?].
Wea.[Weather]  FRIDAY 2 [Friday, October 2, 1908]  Ther.[Thermometer]
A typical fall day of the gloomy
November type, cloudy with harsh N.W.[northwest] 
wind.
  Took 8.13 train to Cambridge.
Spent about two hours with C.
then went in town & met E.R.S 
at Shreve's. We picked out a wedding
present for Joe Russell's daughter & then
went to Leonard's where we selected 
two Bokhara rugs for our house.
Next I went to our office, next
to Wilkinson's, finally to Farquhars.
  Took 4.51 train back to Concord.
Concord.
Wea.[Weather] SAT. OCT. 3, 1908 [Saturday, October 3, 1908] Ther.[Thermometer]
Arrivals Winter Wren, Brown Creeper, Car. Grebe [Carolina Grebe].
  Brilliantly clear with fresh N.W.[northwest]
wind. Frosty at morning & evening
(ice is said to have formed last night)
but pleasantly warm at midday.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill working
with the men. (chiefly slabbing new cabin)
Pierce came up with three men and
pruned oaks on Bensen's knoll. Farquhar
sent up a man for Cambridge place. I
liked him. Paddled up river at sunset.
Got within 12 ft. of a Grebe when it flew.
Saw a Wilson's Snipe cutting about in the dusk
& 3 muskrats screaming. Heard 2 Carolina Rail.
Mniotilta [female] & Winter Wren near cabin, Shortbill 
Marsh Wren in meadows.
Wea.[Weather]  SUNDAY 4 [Sunday, October 4, 1908]  Ther.[Thermometer]
Sunny and warm with light E.[east] wind.
Geo. V. Leverett [George V. Leverett] arrived at 10.30. We
walked to Farm via Davis' Hill & back
via Holden Hill, before dinner. Down
river in afternoon paddling (in iron boat)
to Carlisle bridge & bank. Saw 4 Grebes
together off Birch Island & a fifth still
further down. Started two Partridges at
Farm & heard another drum. Gilbert saw
one in barberry front of his cabin in forenoon.
  I went to Farm again at 5 P.M. &
telephoned to C. & to [Bateley?].
Arthur Chadbourne's wife died this evening.
