Niton & Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
Ther. [Thermometer] Thurs. [Thursday] Aug. 26, 1909 [August 26, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
  Sunny with intervals of cloudiness
but no rain. Cool with E. [East] wind.
  C. [Caroline Brewster] & I took a rather long drive
this forenoon in a Victoria, first 
to God's Hill Church [Godshill Church] only 400 years
old & not very interesting, next to 
Bon Church [Bonchurch] beyond Niton, built about
the year 1000, very small & quaint
& impressive by reason of its primitive
rudeness & simplicity of construction.
Ventnor is the most beautiful village 
I have yet seen in England. It is
terraced down to the sea & backed by
cliffs with hanging woods & ivy in 
great profusion. The streets are embowered
in trees & bordered by wonderful flower
gardens. Saw 2 Kestrels & many Stock 
Doves about a cliff. Every garden had
its Robin in full song. Took moonlight
walk 9.30 P.M. Heard one Cricket on hedge.

Niton - London.
Ther. [Thermometer] Fri. [Friday] Aug. 27, 1909 [August 27, 1909]Wea. [Weather]
Fine.
  Clear & warm with light E. [East] wind.
I had intended to go to Exeter with
the rest of our party to-morrow. But
I had a bad night, because of the
extreme hardness of my bed, & a return
of the neuralgia pain I had in my left
leg last summer at Glendale. This decided
me to return to London for a day or two
& C. [Caroline Brewster] insisted on going with me.
  We left the house at 11.45 A.M. and
Southampton (where E.R.S. [Elizabeth Simmons) accompanied
us ) at 3.15 reaching London about
6 and taking a taxicab from Waterloo
Station to Halls Hotel, Cork St. where 
we were given excellent rooms.
C. [Caroline] retired early being very tired.
From the car window I saw covey of 5
Partridges rise from bank in cutting,
a Kestrel flying over a field & very many
large flocks of Starlings & Rooks.