Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] MON. NOV. 30, 1908 [Monday, November 30, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy, calm, mild with drizzle of fine
rain in forenoon.
  Spent day in Museum writing
letters. No callers save B.G. Willard
of Millis who called in forenoon to
consult me about an article he has just written
on nesting of Sharp-shin Hawk. While he
was here 4 Herring Gulls flew over high up.
Earlier in the morning I heard Blue Jays (at
least two of them) screaming in Garden.
A heavy bronchial cold has me in its grip.
It began last Friday.
Wea. [Weather] TUES. DEC.1 [Tuesday, December 1, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
67 max. [67 degrees maximum]
Cloudless with light W. [west] wind. Warm as a cool
May or early June day & lawns almost as
green as then. Windows & doors of houses
wide open.
  Spent day in Museum working on
letter to Dr. L.O. Howard about Gypsy
Moths. Painters at work outside my
window. Gray Squirrels frisking about
in the Garden but no birds there.
Heard Crows in early morning & saw
a lot of Gulls flying over high. My cold
still very troublesome.
Wea. [Weather] WED. DEC. 2, 1908 [Wednesday, December 2. 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear & colder with high N.W. [northwest] wind
  Spent day in Museum writing a few
letters & looking over old photographs. Felt
too seedy for anything else. Coughed incessantly
last night until 2 A.M. Dr. Jarrett came
to see me this morning & Walter Deane
called about noon staying an hour or
more. Miss Allyn lunched with C. [Caroline] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons].
& me at 1. Saw a Flicker in the Garden
but nothing else. We have had suet out these
three weeks but I have not seen a bird go
to it as yet.
Wea. [Weather] THURSDAY 3 [Thursday, December 3, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
28º min. [28 degrees minimum]
Clear & cool with high N.W. [northwest] wind.
  My bronchial cough was so
troublesome that I spent the entire day
in the house inhaling benzoin steam
every two hours. Dr. Jouett came to
see me at 8.30 A.M. He has decided
it will not be safe for me to attempt 
to give the little talk I had planned at
Botanic Club meeting to-morrow night.
It was to have been on my experience
planting things at Concord & it has been
already announced on the cards. C.read
to me at intervals. She & E.R.S. went in
town to host Dr. Greenfell this evening.