Concord, Mass.
1903.
October &
November
  I went to Concord this autumn on September 29th and
remained there practically uninterruptedly - save for occasional days
spent in Boston or Cambridge - up to November 13th, staying
at the farm the entire time. Mr. E. H. Forbush who had spent
the summer at the cabin lived there through most of the autumn
also although he usually joined me at the farm every morning.
  As usual I was out-of-doors at all times and in all
weathers. My work lay chiefly on the Ritchie place but I usually
found time at mornings and evenings for a walk in the woods
near Pulpit Rock and Birch Field while I occasionally went 
to Holden's Hill, Ball's Hill or Birch Island. I saw very little
of the river and its bordering meadows this season save when
I crossed them on my way to & from the West Bedford Station.
Mr. Forbush, however, kept them under more or less close
observation at morning and evening when he was always at
or near Ball's Hill and during Sundays when he usually
spent most of the day patrolling the entire river front.
  October was a beautiful month, clear & warm for the most part
although an exceptionally heavy north-easterly storm raged almost
uninterruptedly from the 8th to the 13th while there was also
a rather violent rain storm on the night of the 17 and a brisk
snow on the 23rd. The leaves fell unusually early although
there were no severe fronts during the month.
  The first five days of November were warm but the 6th was
cold with snow falling all day & whitening the ground before
night while the next morning it lay nearly two inches deep
disappearing however by the 9th. The 8th was clear & cold, the
ground freezing hard. After this the weather became warm
again continuing so for several days, but on the 18th it
turned suddenly cold & winter practically began on this date
Weather