Concord
Ther. [Thermometer] Sun. [Sunday] May 16, 1909 Wea. [Weather]
Cool & Stormy.
 North-easter with heavy rain
in early morn & in late P.M.
Arrivals Solitary Sandpiper 8.
  Spent forenoon in cabin
writing letters. Started up
river at 2 P.M. in open canoe.
The wind blew almost a gale
against the stream raising big swells.
Sailed most of way to Hemlocks
on Assabet paddling thence to
the Emerson's. Found them all
at home except William. Raymond
had only just returned from
Arizona. Gerritt was there with his
automobile. It was raining hard
when I started down river at 5.
Paddled all the way. Saw &
heard lots of Bobolinks, Redwings
& other birds.

Concord
Ther. [Thermometer] Mon. [Monday] May 17, 1909 Wea. [Weather]
Cloudy
 Cloudy & cool with strong E. [East]
wind. Raining again at 8 P.M.
  No north-bound migrants noted.
  Spent most of day at Ball's Hill -
Billcliffe & John began work on
the floating boat house by preparing
the logs for it. Mr. Spear, Thaxter's
man, with two assistants arrived
about noon. I met them at
Ritchie place & took them over
all the woods at farm; Holden's 
Hill, Ball's Hill & Davis Hill.
They brought a basket full of
infected caterpillars but liberated
only a very few for everywhere we
found most of the brown-tail larva
dead or dying. Raymond Emerson
came at 4 bringing me a fine lot of
Concord arrowheads. He left at 5.30.