1893
Nov. 13
Concord, Mass.
  Cloudy with patches of blue sky showing every now &[and] then.
A strong, rather chilly W. wind.
  At daybreak the Sreech Owl paid us another visit
giving the cuc-cuc-cyc cry very near our little house.
  Spelman mounted his iron steed and scurried off
to catch an early train leaving me to put the various
cabin effects in order. After accomplishing this I
spent the remainder of the forenoon freeing some
of the young pines on the Blakemore ridge from the
too close embraces of the crowded young oaks which have
been growing up around them. The weather was so 
gloomy and windy that the small birds kept out
of sight & hearing & I noted only a few Crows and
Jays flying over. 
  After a solitary dinner in the cabin I got
Bensen to ferry me across the river and caught
the 3.25 train at the W. Bedford station reaching
Cambridge an hour later.