Chester
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. [Sunday] OCT. 3, 1909 [October 3, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Dull.
Cloudy with light rain in forenoon &
rather strong S.W. [Southwest] wind. Air soft & mild.
  Spent forenoon in hotel reading
& packing some of my things.
To the Cathedral at 3.30 P.M. Chose
a seat well back in the nave where
I could see almost the whole of the
interior of the grand old edifice &
hear to the best advantage the superb
music. Never before have I heard
anything to equal it for richness
& beauty & perfection of rendering.
After the service was over I went
out into the cloisters & heard there
a Robin redbreast in fullest song.
Walked back with C. [Caroline Brewster], E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] & Miss H.
The Elliots called as we were at af.[afternoon] tea.
We went with them to see a most
interesting old house where the Earl of
Derby once entertained Charles I.

Chester - Liverpool.
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. [Monday] OCT. 4, 1909 [October 4, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Partly fine.
Sunny & cloudy by turns. Warm with
little or no wind.
  We left Chester by 10.05 train this
morning & reached Liverpool about 11,
putting up at Northwestern R.R. Hotel.
E.R.S. & I went almost directly to
Cunard office to have our steamer trunks
etc. locked up & sent to hotel for repacking.
I was out by myself the whole afternoon.
Called first at Cross's place. His man
took me all over it. He has a lot of 
live birds & mammals. The whole place & the
men employed in it remind one of things
& people in Dickens. I bought 6 snakes,
6 lizards & 6 tortoises for Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology]
Went next to Mr. Peck's office & had a 
pleasant talk with him. Thence to a 
fruit store where I bought 2 [pounds] worth
of fruit to be put on Ivernia to-morrow
Dined alone at hotel. The ladies went out
to a restaurant.