At sea. Lat
Run
Ther. [Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] OCT. 13, 1909 [October 13, 1909] Wea. [Weather] 
Rainy
Cloudy with intermittent, a [at] times
heavy, rain. Wind S.W. [Southwest] Sea smooth.
  Spent most of day in smoking
room writing up my journal
& talking more or less. We have
all come to know one another fairly
well and I shall be sorry to part
with several of my new acquaintances
especially Curtis Guild, a most intelligent
& entertaining man. I am glad, too,
to have seen so much of Kidder.
Col. Brooks I like fairly well and
Dr. Smith, a dentist, is not a
bad companion for a chat. Kettell
is agreeable if not very stimulating.
I saw no birds today but
someone reported a Mother Cary's.
The ducks were not much frequent
because of the rain.

Voyage ends at Boston, 10 A.M.
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. [Thursday] OCT. 14, 1909 [October 14, 1909] Wea. [Weather] 
Clear.
Clear & cool with strong north west wind.
We passed Highland Light at 6 a.m. 
& Boston Light 2 hours later
reaching the dock in E. Boston
about 10 a.m. It took me nearly
2 hours to get all my numerous
belongings through custom [?].The
officials treated me very fairly & I 
paid them only $13 duty of which
$2 was for the troublesome reptiles.
  Gilbert met us at the wharf.
We sent all our things out in a 
wagon. Miss Allyn invited us to
lunch with her at Union Club. 
After that I went to office & had
talk with Macintire. Got out to
Cambridge at 4.30. Henry Purdie
& Henry Henshaw dined with C. [Caroline Brewster], E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons]
& me & spent evening.