Sat. April 25 - 1908 I left New York at 6,38 A.M. on the N.Y. C.N.E.R.R. from the Harlem Station. A slight rain was falling which continued intermittently until a short time after noon -- by 4:30 P.M. The sun had broken thru the clouds and the beautiful sunset gave promise of a perfect day on the morrow, The first part of my trip, from New York to Albany, was along the shores of the Hudson River, which is always beautiful but today particularly so. A heavy blanket of gray fog lay over the water; that gradually rose till it hung just at the top of the city hills. The bases of the mount- ains, beautiful in soft tender brown and purple, were reflected in the water as in a mirror. The forest trees have only just begun to bud, but the