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Concord, Mass.
1898.
April 28
  A north-easter, one of the heaviest I have ever
known at Concord, the wind blowing all day
with great violence raising a heavy sea in front
of the cabin. Steadily falling rain through the
forenoon changing to hail in the late afternoon the
ground white with it when the night closed in.
  Spent the forenoon in or near the cabin. Later
in the afternoon took a long walk in the 
woods. The wind was [so] strong that it was
difficult to force one's way against it across
the openings and the hail beat on my face
& hands like showers of pebble stones. Where
were the birds? I saw two drenched Robins,
a pair of most unhappy-looking Phoebees & a
Song Sparrow or two but no Warblers. Gilbert
saw a Whistler flying over the River. 
" [April] 29  
  Cloudy all day with frequent showers of fine rain.
The wind still in the north-east but blowing with
abated force and falling to dead calm at evening.
The temperature higher than yesterday & rising as
the day wore out.
  Spent the day on or near Ball's Hill working
in the woods. Saw a Hermit Thrush and at
evening a Great Blue Heron and a Night Heron,
the latter flying over Ball's Hill towards the west.
  Purdie arrived by the 5.30 train to spend
to-morrow and Sunday.