Concord, Mass.
1899.
June
(a)                       
  Although heavy rain fell during the afternoon and night
of the 7th, light rain on the 19th, and thunder showers on the
15th, 24th, 25th and 28th the total precipitation was not
sufficient to do more than mitigate the rigours of the drought
which has prevailed since last March. The grass crop was
very light and the vegetation generally suffered perceptibly but
strange to say the streams and ponds have not shrunk as
much as is usual in dry seasons. White and Nagog Ponds were
two or three feet above their normal levels when I visited them 
on the 8th & 13th respectively and Holden was also said to
be exceptionally high but, as is well known, all three are
subject to mysterious fluctuations which appear to be quite
independent of the conditions which affect the levels of all
the other bodies of water in this region.
[margin]Summary of 
weather con-
ditions etc.[/margin]
  The first week of June bought very warm weather the
thermometer rising above 80[degrees] on the 1st and 3rd, to 93[degrees] on
the 5th and 94[degrees] on the 6th. The remainder of the
month was, for the most part, rather cool with an unusual
number of fine, clear days.
  On May 22nd I walked further than was prudent bringing
on an attack of hip lameness which lasted through June and
seriously interfered with my field work, especially with the
photography of bird's nests at which I did practically nothing.
As I was unable to get about enough in the woods to accomplish
anything worth the while and as, after the departure of the migrants,
time hung rather heavily on my hands at Ball's Hill[.] I closed 
the cabin on June 5th and after a day's visit at Cambridge
went to the Keyes' where I remained until the 17th returning
later for two more days (24th & 25th). During my stay there
I drove about the country a great deal; to White & Nagog Ponds,                                    