1892
Oct. 6
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord. Clear with wind clouds and strong, cold,
gusty N. W. wind.
[margin]Fairhaven[/margin]
  To Fairhaven by boat with C. starting at 10 a.m.
and getting home about dark. I had a very hard
row as far as Clamshell Hill beyond which we
sailed using an umbrella for this purpose. We
landed at Covanturn & lunched at the foot of Lee's
Cliff under a pine where the sun lay warm on
the carpet of freshly fallen needles (the white pines
have nearly finished shedding) and scarce a breath
of the chill wind reached us. A few crickets were
chirping fully about us and a small yellow
butterfly was driven by the wind across the Bay.
After lunch we walked through the woods &
across the fields to Mrs. Miglet's house where
after obtaining permission & a key we climbed
the small steep hill next the road and spent
nearly an hour in & in front of a "camp"
which has been built on the summit. The
view from here is very fine indeed.
We then rambled slowly back to Covanturn
through the woods most of the way, starting
two Partridges and three Colaptes, the latter in
a vineyard.
[margin]Lee's Cliffs[/margin]
  The return voyage was very pleasant despite
the wind which although less than in the morning
was still strong & penetrating. The autumn traits
were very brilliant wherever there were red maples.
In fact I have never seen these trees more
intensely colored than they are now. Along the