Lyndhurst.
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. [Sunday] AUG. 22, 1909 [August 22, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Clear & very cool with light
N.W. [Northwest] wind.
  Just after breakfast C. [Caroline Brewster] 
& I took a walk through
several lanes on the outskirts
of the village. They were all
delightfully beautiful. Robins
singing everywhere. Saw a 
brood of young birds just able
to fly which I took to be Goldfinches.
Wrote most of forenoon. At
4 P.M. drove in victoria with
Miss Allyn to Minstead Church.
Saw the fox hound pack out for
exercise. Afternoon tea on lawn
when we got back. Spent sunset
hours in the beautiful garden
of the hotel. Robins singing on
every side & a Turtle Dove cooing.
  The chimes of village church ringing
[margin]Two Owls hooting in our garden 11-11.30 P.M. (see my journal)[/margin]

Lyndhurst - Niton (Isle of Wight)
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. [Monday] AUG. 23, 1909 [August 23, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Stormy
Raining hard all day with strong
cold S.W. [Southwest] wind.
  Spent forenoon in smoking room
working at my journal. The whole
house was gloomy & very chilly yet
not a fire was lighted although the
guests grumbled freely. I had a long
talk last evening with an Englishman who
has lived ten years in N.S. & six in S. Africa [South Africa].
  We left hotel in close carriage at 2.15
& drove to station taking train to
Southampton W. where we met E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons]
& Miss Howard & crossed to Cowes
by paddle wheel steamer. Saw great 
numbers of Gulls, chiefly Little Black heads.
By train to Niton. Very rough railroad
worse than any I know in U.S.
By carriage from station to Royal
Sandrock Hotel, a charming place, house
very old & picturesque.