212 July 8 Spent the day in facticing up our time &c I visited the Nantucket Athenaeum, they had little of it outside of nautical curiosities. July 9 Left Nantucket this morning on the side-wheel steamer "Elmira Drew" I reached Boston at 2.20 P.M. Saw number of terns at Woods Hole including S. Maradina. M. came out to Cambridge & spent the night with her. July 11 Clear and very warm took the 3.15 train for Portsmouth with father & arriving there at 6.30 embarked on the propeller Appleton (50 tons) for the Isles of Shoals. By this time a heavy sea had set in and as we emerged from the shelter of the great Petrels of two Sheis (I. Beachin & Wilderit) became very numerous. I was very tame so I had a very good opportunity to obtain their motions. This ordinary flight is swift & Humming Bird fly swallows like indeed that it would be hard to characterize any difference they frequently picked up something from the