Cambridge - Boston.
Ther. [Thermometer] Thurs. Mar. 11, 1909 [Thursday, March 11, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Clear.
Typical March day with brilliant
sunlight & boisterous N.W. [northwest] wind.
  To Boston at 10 A.M. Called
first at Twentieth Century rooms to see
the fine oil paintings of Canada Geese
again. Howard, who did them, was
there & I had a long talk with him.
He made his studies of birds from
tame Can. Geese [Canada Geese] in Jamaica Pond.
They started with a single pair & now
there are 14 birds, he says.
  Next to Galvin's to order flowers for C. [Caroline],
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] & the others for the sailing on Sat. [Saturday].
  Next to Kidder & Peabody's for 5£ [5-pound] notes.
Next to our office & Safety Vaults. To
Will Stone's studio at 3 P.M. Mrs. Almy
& Dorothy Carter met me there. Alice
Stone read lecture on England & [?]
showed the slides. Mrs. Nash brought
Mrs. Almy & me out in her automobile.
C., E.R.S. & I talked in morning room all evening.
[margin] Heard a Flicker & Blue Jays in the Garden.[/margin]
Cambridge - Boston.
Ther. [Thermometer] Fri. Mar. 12, 1909 [Friday, March 12, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Cool. Clear.
 A glorious day with clear dry
air & light W. [west] wind.
  Spent forenoon in Museum
writing letters etc. Outram Bangs
came out to measure my large series
of Snowy Herons staying to lunch at
which C. did not appear. Dr. Goldthwaite
came at 2 to bandge [bandage] her knees which
have troubled her of late. At 2.15 E.R.S.
went with me to Boston to see the
Canada Goose painting. Howard there.
She liked it very much. On way back
I stopped at the Square & bought a lot
of magazines for C. [Caroline]. She & I went
to St. John's at 5.30. Beautiful service
Dr. Hodges preached. C. & I had dinner
at 7 in morning room. E.R.S. at Bee.
Sam Henshaw called at 8.30 to talk 
over proposition by O.Bangs to give his
bird collection to Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology].
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