Larbert, Scotland
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. [Monday] SEPT. 13, 1909 [September 13, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Cloudless with bright, warm sunshine.
Took short walk about place with
Scotch gardener after breakfast. Rest of 
day spent in doors talking ceaselessly.
Col. Campbell departed at 2 P. M.
Harris-Brown's place a marvel of
landscape gardening beauty & of teeming
bird & mammal life. From dining room
window I counted 52 Pheasants &
saw innumerable Rabbits, many Lapwings
Starlings & Rooks a few Gulls & lots 
of Blackbirds & Thrushes, in a grass field
of about 5 acres dotted with oaks &
bordered by fine old woods. Whenever the
eye rested for a moment some bird
or beast was sure to move. In early
morning Robins sang delightfully in
every direction, often 2 or 3 at once.
It was a red letter day for me.

Larbert to Oxford.
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. 14, 1909 [Tuesday] SEPT. [September 14, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Partly cloudy
Sunny most of forenoon; Afternoon cloudy.
  As I left Dunipace House at 9.40
the sun was shining through silvery mist.
Looking from the front steps I counted
28 Pheasants scattered along the driveway
bordered by rhododendron thickets. Small
birds of various kinds calling everywhere.
  Took 10.8 train from Larbert.
Bright sunlight first two hours bringing
out purple flush of heather on flanks
of big mountains. Practically every
field & pasture alive with Lapwings,
Gulls, Rooks, Starlings etc. The numbers
of these birds simply incredible well
down to the border. Beyond it they
were less abundant. Talked with fellow
passengers (one Oxford graduate), lunched
in dining car, supped at Bletchley &
reached Oxford by 8 P.M. Brought back a 
brace of Black Game.