Concord, Mass.
1901.
April 6
  Cloudy with light rain in the afternoon and a
perfect deluge the following night. Ther 42 degrees - 52 degrees.
  Two Fox Sparrows were singing near the cabin at sunrise. 
As we were crossing the river on our way to the station
a Tree Swallow emerged from the mist within one
hundred yards of us, circling over the water.
  Took the 8.13 A.M. train for Cambridge where I spent
the night.
April 7
  Cloudy with N. E. wind and fine rain in the afternoon.
  Returned to Concord this afternoon. I had to wait
at Bedford for nearly an hour for an electric car.
Walking out along a road that crossed a meadow &
then traversed some pine woods I heard a Meadow Lark
and a Robin singing besides two or three Song Sparrows.
It was nearly dark when I reached the cabin.
The river has risen tremendously since yesterday &
it now much higher than it has been at any time
before this spring. The path in front of the cabin
was flooded and at 8 P.M. the water had reached 
the base of my wild-flower garden.
  Yesterday morning as I was standing in the path
at the E. end of Ball's Hill I heard Shrews squeaking
and present saw at least two and I thought more of the
tiny creatures running back & forth along an old wall,
appearing & disappearing with marvellous quickness. They seemed
crazed with excitement and their exceedingly fine, shrill
squeaking was kept up almost continuously.
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