Oxford.
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. [Friday] AUG. 6, 1909 [August 6, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Clear
A calm, warm, cloudless day
closely like our best summer days in
New England.
  Breakfast in our parlor, 8.30. C. [Caroline Brewster] &
I walked down town at 9.30. I
bought dress suit case & card case &
ordered a suit of clothes (4 [pounds] 15s [shillings]) at
Lomman's. Deliciously warm, the
ladies shopping in their summer dresses.
Rode home on top of horse car tram.
Dinner in our parlor at 1. At 4
C. & I drove to Timms boathouse
hired a barge (1s [shilling] 6d [pence]) & rowed
down stream to the Rollers. Came
part way back & had pic-nic [picnic] tea
in boat under big willow. Wren's nest
in it 3 ft. from my head. Robins in
full song. Lots of Swallows & Martins.
Back to boat house at 7. Walked
home from there.

Oxford.
Ther. [Thermometer] SAT. [Saturday] AUG. 7, 1909 [August 7, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Clear
Cloudless, calm, very warm, about 80 [degrees],
I should think. The nights are only
just comfortably cool.
  Spent entire forenoon trying to
get off our trunks to London by
"advance luggage". Went down
town by train three times about it.
In the end they went by "goods train".
In afternoon (3 - 6) C. & I had
a delightful motor ride (32s [shillings])
to Nuncham & Dorchester
seeing Dorchester Abbey & the interesting
old church at Ewelme the only
one in England not mutilated by Cromwell.
Saw great numbers of Starlings & Rooks,
& Wood Pigeons & Stock Doves,
a few Lapwings, a brace of Partridge.
Hundreds of Swallows. Saw one enter chimney.
Corn Buntings in full song.
  After supper strolled half around the
beautiful Oxford Park. Saw a Toad
a very shy, lively one. rather small