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Ther. [Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] OCT. 19, 1910 [October 19, 1910] Wea. [Weather]
Superb.
Brilliantly clear air & absolutely
cloudless sky. Very warm with fresh
S.W. [southwest] wind. Typical Indian Summer
weather. 
We attacked the woods across the
river this morning and worked there
all day- James, Harry, Pat, Bensen
& Zeph. Gilbert, too, was with us part
of the time. Trees fell thick & fast
before the onslaught of so many good
axmen. Only the large pines & a few
of the finest oaks were spared on
the area that we covered. I should not
have cut anything so mercilessly
but for the absolute necessity of it to
save the big trees from the moth pests.
After the men had ceased work I
recrossed the river & went to the larches
behind Ball's Hill where i sat under a
pine & watched & listened until dark.
It was like a midsummer evening. Heard only
a couple of Fox Sparrows.
[margin]Gilbert's wife is ill. He has gone to Cambridge to see her 
but will be back to-night.[/margin]
Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. [Thursday] OCT. 20, 1910 [October, 20, 1910] Wea. [Weather]
Dull.
Cloudy & misty with a few rain
drops. Dead calm all day. Very 
warm & humid. Evening soft & warm.
  With the same men as yesterday
I worked in the woods across the
river again to-day cutting down
a lot more trees, including several
large pines and cutting up a number
of logs to be taken down to the mill.
The place has been changed from a 
piece of natural and rather tangled
woodland into a pic-nic grove but
the larger trees are much more effective
than they were and there are some
remarkably pretty vista views.
Very few birds noted. A Carolina Grebe
spent the day in the river opp. [opposite] cabins.
Heard a few Titlarks. Pheasant crowing
all day long & at evening cackling &
making the Guinea Hen cackle.  
[margin]Oak foliage highly colored now & very brilliant in spots.[/margin]