South Yarmouth - Boston - Concord
Ther. [Thermometer] Sat. [Saturday] July 17, 1909 Wea. [Weather]
  Clear
  Clear & warm with light N.W. [Northwest] 
wind. A fine summer day. 
  Took early morning train (7.30) for 
Boston. Dr Ketteridge came up with 
me. We sat in smoking car & had a 
good talk. Mr Blackwell met me [?] 
at our office at 11.45 to discuss 
renovations to his house. Lunched at
Exchange Building. Took 1.51 train
for Concord. Found Minister Hutchens 
in smoking car & had long talk. 
Soon after I got to Cabin James 
drove down. Mosken & Fisk’s man has
been up this week. The latter planted
1000 gypsy [?]( flies from Japan) 
near [?] [?] shed last Thursday. 
James [?says] [?] of gypsy caterpillars 
are dying of the “wilt”. I [?] down
[?] [?] [?] cabin. Paddled down 
to Bark [?] after supper. 
Concord
Ther. [Thermometer] Sun. [Sunday] July 18, 1909 Wea. [Weather]
  Partly cloudy
  Forenoon brilliantly clear. Clouds 
gathered in late afternoon. Heavy thunder 
shower 7-8 PM. 
  Out in canoe after breakfast. River 
exceedingly beautiful bordered with 
water lilies and [?] weed in full 
bloom. Marshes teeming with birds - 
Redwings, Swamp Sparrows, Song Sparrows, 
Yellow-throats singing freely. Bitterns & 
Green Herons common. Few Bobolink. 
Spent rest of forenoon on Ball’s Hill. 
Gypsy caterpillars [?] but nearly 50% 
have the [?] or blight. To Farm in P.M.
[?] raging there wherever 
caterpillars abound [?] or [?] about
Where they are few in numbers. Hundreds
of male moths on wing but only a few
females Seen. Heard 2 Blackburnians. 
Deer flies & mosquitoes very bad. 
