Oxford
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. [Friday] JULY 7, 1911 Wea. [Weather]
85 [degrees] Fine
Clear & hot with little or no wind.
Ther. [Thermometer] about 85 [degrees] in London, we hear. It is
much like the weather we had there in 1909.
  Birds silent for most part. The St. Giles 
Thrush sang fitfully in late P. M. & I heard
2 others later in Park. Heard 2 Blackbirds
& 2 Hedge Sparrows, also, but no really good
music from any bird today.
  George Jefferson came at 11 A.M. & took
me to Police Court. It was most interesting
Six magistrates & the Mayor sat in a row
at the bench & disposed of the various
cases very quickly & decorously. Everyone,
including the prisoners, was "most polite"
as Kipling said to me in 1909. It was all
done so quietly & smoothly & everyone seemed
to be so very much in earnest & so truthful.
We next went to Christchurch where I saw
the Archdeacon & met two of George's
[?] who questioned me about Newfoundland.
  Bought a book on British Birds by Corbett &
tried on my new clothes at Lommans.
C. [Caroline Brewster], E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] & I went to the Park after dinner.
It was lovely & restful there.

Oxford
Ther. [Thermometer] SAT. [Saturday] JULY 8, 1911 Wea. [Weather]
85 [degrees] Fine
Clear & hot with little or no wind until
evening when a fresh, cool westerly breeze arose.
Sky cloudless & air wholly free from smoke or haze.
Altogether exactly like a typical July day at home
as far as I could see. At 10.30 A.M. I went
with C. [Caroline Brewster] & Ruth J. [Ruth Jefferson] to the Radcliffe Infirmary
where we were received by Capt. Rynd & Miss
Watts & shown over the hospital (which
I saw 2 years ago). Of the 8 Turtles I
sent from Concord last year only one (the
Musk) has died while another was
purloined. The remaining 6 are thriving in pond
  To the bank at 11 to [?] 20 [pounds] on my
letter of credit. Also bought a pipe.
At 6.30 P.M. drove in cab to Tim's
where C. & E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] joined me a little later. We
rowed down to the rollers and again
spent about 2 hours there sitting in boat
under overhanging trees & having pic-nic
supper. Thrushes & Wrens singing freely & well,
Robins; more sparingly, Blackbirds not at all.
2 Larks singing in distance. 2 Spotted Flycatchers
nearby on stubs, Kingfisher passed within 20 yds. [yards]
flying like bullet. Wood Pigeons, 2 Turtle Doves, many
Swifts, a few Swallows. Home at 9.30.