Diaries of field trips, 1896, 1904, 1905, 1906
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August 18, 1905, Friday Cloudy. Fernald and I have been at work all day on plants. Found that most of the plants on the mountain trip had gathered moisture and we had to overhaul most of them. Joe had been helping us. In the evening walked through the village and back. August 19, 1905, Saturday Hazy, warm. Worked most of the A. M. on plants. Joe drying driers on the beach. I packed trunk. In the P. M. Fernald, Joe, and I went along salt marsh east of the mill, up to boom, across there and down the west side of the river, across the ferry and out to the salt marsh again. In the evening made out list of sets collected. August 20, 1905, Sunday Cloudy. Rainy after middle of P. M. In the A. M. worked on plants collected yesterday. In the P. M. changed driers and did some trunk packing. In the evening sat in the office while Fernald wrote to Thaxter and Williams. August 21, 1905, Monday Cloudy and threatening during early A. M. Clear in the P. M. Soon after breakfast (7.00 A. M.) Fernald and I went in buckboard with Eduard Le Francois as driver to Pt. Tourelle, Cap Tourelle, Potato River and we saw Rousseau Castor. Found the best collecting at Rousseau Castor. Took quite a number of pictures. Had lunch at a brook west of Rousseau Castor. In the evening Fernald and I sorted the plants collected.