August 17, 1896, Monday Clearing in the A. M. but cool and damp. After clearing out tent of most of the things and packing them into the stage we hauled the wagon into Mr, Wyman's barn and then about 9.00 A.M. we all started for a tramp up Mount Bigelow. My pack weighed about twenty- five pounds. We reached the old man's "Face" about noon and the summit about 2.00 P. M. We went down into the notch between the two main peaks and found the small spring (the only one known on the summit) then fixed up an old lean-to camp for the night. It was a balsam lean- to. About 5.00 P. M. I went up to the summit for awhile but returned to camp about sunset. I wrote my name in the Appalachian Mountain Club register at the summit. August 18, 1896, Tuesday Clear in the A. M. but rainy in the P. M. and evening. It was so cold last night on the summit that we decided to keep the fire going all night, each member of the party taking a turn of two hours, my watch being from 11.00 P. M. to 1.00 A. M. Got up about 4.30 A. M. and went with Professor Strong to the summit of the East Main Peak- then back to camp for breakfast about 9.00 A. M. Then the two Fernalds and I climbed the West Main Peak and botanized some, returning to camp about noon. Professor Strong had already started down the mountain so we packed up our things during a heavy hail storm and followed him, overtaking him before he reached the timberline( he had waited). Several showers passed over during our descent(which took about three hours) and we were all very wet below the knees, in fact so wet that with every step there would be small fountains of water spurt up shoe-lace through the/holes in our shoes. We all stayed about the camp for the rest of the day.