Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] MON. NOV. 10, 1913 [Monday, November 10, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Porcupine killed near Lime Kiln.   Fine
(See Nov.12 [November 12])
Clear & cool with strong chill
wind shifting gradually from
S.W. [southwest] to W. [west] as day wore on.
Very few birds in evidence.
About a dozen Juncos
accompanied by 5 Fox Sparrows
drifting to and fro through
orchard & around farm buildings.
A flock of 13 Goldfinches
flying low past house, 5
Robins eating barberries in lane
& a single Crow winging
his way westward at evening
were all the birds I noticed.
  In forenoon I had 3 men
sawing & splitting big elms cut just
W. [west] of house. The smoothly sawed off
stump shows about 100 rings of
annual growth. In P.M. we
cut a lot of birches in Berry Pasture.
Harry Richardson told Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] that a
Porcupine was killed near Lime Kiln
about a week ago & that Davis, our
[margin] marketman, got it & has sent it away to be mounted.[/margin]
Concord (Ball's Hill)
Ther [Thermometer] TUES. NOV. 11, 1913 [Tuesday, November 11, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cold with fresh W. [west] wind.
Ground hard frozen at sunrise.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill
with Gilbert, Burbank & Zeph
putting away boots, taking off wire 
screens & otherwise preparing for
the winter. Put six bushels of
fine apples in the old cistern.
Dexter came down for dinner.
Mrs. Austin White's brother called
to see about some things left at
Ritchie place. Dexter & I went
across river to look at dead Deer,
a 2 year old buck found near my
boat house last Sunday by Sanford
Bensen. It shows no wound & is
fat & sleek. Apparently dead 2 weeks.
Saw Great Blue Heron flying low
down river past Davis Hill (8 A.M.)
12 Pine Linnets on ground near
cabin, 4 Partridges in Birch Field
& 3 on Davis Hill. Walked down
& back.
