1894.
Nov. 21
Concord, Massachusetts.
  I have been at the Keyes' in Concord practically
the whole time since the 11th of last October with the
exception of a few odd days and one full week (Nov. 5-11)
spent in Cambridge. Up to Nov. 4 the weather continued
uniformly warm and for the most part unusually clear
and fine. But on Nov. 5th a violent storm beginning with
rain changed to snow late in the evening and by
sunrise next morning nearly six inches of snow covered 
the ground and loaded the trees doing excessive injury
to the large number of deciduous kinds which still
retained their foliage and which were broken and twisted
to a very unusual degree.
  During the following week the country bore the aspect
of mid-winter for the weather continued cold and the
snow scarce softened under the noonday sun; but
on the 12th a thaw began and the greater part of the
snow slowly disappeared although it still lies in
sheltered places in the woods and swamps. [delete]During[/delete] Since
Nov. 6th the thermometer has fallen once to 18 [degrees] and once
(on the morning of the 20th) to 15 [degrees] Fahr.
  With the exception of Nov. 4th, when I took a long tramp
through the Estabrook country with Mr. Buttrick and of
the 18th which I spent photographing in the Goose
Pond region with Spelman, my days have all been
spent at Ball's Hill which I have invariably reached
by river sailing or paddling down in the morning
and back at night for I have not once passed a
night at the cabin this autumn.
  As I have not kept a daily journal this autumn I
shall now endeavor to supply its place by giving a resumè
of the most interesting things that I have seen during my stay.