Sail for England.
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. [Tuesday] JULY 27, 1909 Wea. [Weather]
90 [degrees] max. [maximum] Clear & hot
Clear & oppressively warm. Wind S.W. [southwest]
  Spent most of forenoon in
Museum writing letters. Went
in town about noon. At our
office 12.20 to 3.30. Cabled to
C. & got 20 [pounds] in English money
(Three 5 [pound] notes & 5 sovereigns.)
Signed 6 or 7 Estate cheques in
above on [?] Bank.
Gilbert joined me at 2.30. [?]
home later [?] [?] to E. Boston
& walked to [?] wharf going
at once aboard the Ivernia.
Found trunks in stateroom. Soon
Walter Dean arrived & later [?].
Dr. Kennedy came to say goodbye
to his friend Mrs. Drury & Bart[?]
to Dr. Huntington. We sailed at
5.05 P.m. & [?] comfortably.
[?] [?] [?] later. Spent evening in
[margin] smoking room. A Herring Gull in [?]. No other birds [?] [/margin]
At sea, noon obs. [observation] L. [latitude] 42 N [degrees north]. Long. [longitude] 64 S [south] [?]
Run 259.
15 Ther. [thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] JULY 28, 1909 Wea. [weather]
Clear.
Clear with fresh W. [west] wind. Early
morning very cool. Afternoon & evening
mild. Sea white-capped but with
no big rollers & no motion to ship.
No sail nor steamer [?] sighted
all day. Early in afternoon I [?]
2 Mother Carey's Chickens. [?] one
[?]. A passenger reported seeing
a larger white-bellied bird, no doubt
a Shearwater. No other living
thing was seen as far as I know.
I was much on deck walking
about & looking off over the
wide vacant ocean. Also much
in [?] [?] talking with
[?] [?], Dr. Huntington
& his friend Mrs. Drury. Adam Hill
is aboard. I have the whole
of Stateroom 36, [?] [?].