Oxford.
Ther. Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] SEPT. 1, 1909 [September 1, 1909] Wea. [Weather] 
Cloudy
Cloudy all day with light showers
in afternoon. Very cool.
  Excepting for a trip to the
druggists' next door & to a book
store only a little further off I
spent the entire day in doors.
Wrote a few letters & read a 
little. Bessy & her sons Gorham
& Francis were here much of the day &
George & Howard who had just
returned from Lee called in the
evening. Heard Martins over the garden
 & saw large numbers of Swallows over
the park evening before last (i.e. Aug. 30)
Stock Doves & occasional Wood Pigeons
fly over the house. I heard a Robin
sing on the evening of the 30th.
I have been buying a number of novels
in 7d. edition (Nelson's) at Hill's bookstore.

Oxford
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. [Thursday] SEPT. 2, 1909 [September 2, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
65 [degrees] max [maximum] Fine
Brilliantly clear with light E. [East] wind. Warm.
  Spent forenoon with C. [Caroline Brewster] on the Cherwell
in a punt which I paddled up stream
about 1 1/2 mile & back. The little river calm
& peaceful, very like our Concord in places,
not overarched by trees as below the boat house.
Saw a Kingfisher & a Moor Hen, many 
Swallows & Martins, fully 200 Jackdaws in
one flock, numbers of Wood Pigeons & Starlings,
several Blackbirds & Thrushes, some Blue Tits etc.
Dragon Flies really numerous. Saw at least
30 or 40 all of one kind a large, rusty
brown species. Lucky bugs (like ours but smaller)
in great numbers clustering near shore. Many
water oarsmen very like ours. One Water Rat
swimming with a fly stuck in mouth entered a
tile drain. Willow herb still in bloom.
Back to lunch. To the Jefferson's for afternoon
tea at 4.30. A Robin singing divinely in
their yard, the best & sweetest one I ever heard.
Met Capt Wrynd & Dr. Beaslee. Also a Russian
girl.