London.
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. [Thursday] AUG. 12, 1909 [August 12, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine.
Cloudless, calm, very warm. Evening
really oppressively sultry.
  Spent forenoon shopping in
Bond Street. Discovered a fine new 
trunk store & waterproofer's buying 
a rain coat at the latter's. Also, an
interesting second hand book shop.
Back to lunch at 1.30. Worked at
my journal for an hour or so. 
At 5.15 P.M. went in taxicab with
C. [Caroline Brewster] & Miss Allyn to St. James Park.
Lots of wild birds there; in the
pond Tufted Ducks & young, Bald Coots
& Moor Hens with young. Also Pintails,
Mallards, Widgeon, which I took to be
tame & Barnacle, Canada, White fronted,
Gray leg  & Pink-footed Geese certainly tame.
Saw about 30 Wood Pigeons & 2 wild
magpies flying from tree to tree. No [?].
C. read aloud in evening E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] better &
ate dinner with us.

London.
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. [Friday] AUG. 13, 1909 [August 13, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Clear, calm, warm. Air
fresher & less sultry than yesterday.
  Shopping again nearly whole day.
Visited Brown Shipley & drew 
40 [pounds] more on my letter credit.
Bought 1 doz. stockings at Cappers,
2 silk air cushions at Conduit St.
store, a trunk, a hand bag
& a collar case at Finnigans.
  Called at Rowland Ward's & saw
a fine lot of mounted heads of
African large game. Also a (whole)
mounted White Rhinoceros & Roan
Antelope. Exquisitely mounted pair of
Swans in glass case. Of about 100
workmen engaged in repaving St.
James Square nearly if not quite all
were English dressed in corduroy.
Mrs. Morris lunched with us at Halls.