New York - Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] Mon. [Monday] Feb. 15, 1909 [February 15, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Cloudy.
 A chilly gloomy day with N.E. [northeast]
wind & fine rain and sleet.
C. [Caroline Brewster] & I left new York at 10.02 A.M.
and reached Boston at 4 P.M.
Ground bare & soggy as far as
Providence, snow powdered with
trees bushes & grass coated with
ice Between there & Boston.
Gilbert met us at Back Bay
station. Got home about 4.30.
Sidewalk very slippery.
  Nuttall Club meeting 8-10.30,
largely attended. Townsend read 
paper on use of wings versus feet
by diving birds, under water.
  I read one on Barrow's Goldeneye.
Much discussion on both subjects.

Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] Tues. [Tuesday] Feb. 16, 1909 [February 16, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Stormy.
Dismal day with incessant icy
rain or sleet changing to icy snow
at nightfall.
  Spent day in Museum, writing
letters in A.M., working in P.M.
on Golden-eye article which was
mailed to Allen before dark.
No callers. Gilbert worked at
binding lantern slides. He has
made a number of good ones lately.
C. [Caroline Brewster] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] went in town this
forenoon. They are constantly busy 
with thought & preparation for
the trip to Europe in March.
Heard a Blue Jay in Garden
this forenoon. The ice storm
must be hard on the birds.
Every twig & grass blade is encased
in crystal.
Reading in hall after dinner as usual.