Diaries of field trips, 1896, 1904, 1905, 1906
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July 23, 1904, Saturday Cloudy but fair. Warm. After breakfast Fernald and I changed driers. At 9.00 A. M. we walked down the road (to the west) to the railroad and back that to the Railway Station where we met A. S. Pease who came on the 10.30 A. M. train. The rest of the forenoon we spent sorting and arranging our things. In the P. M. Fernald, Pease, and I started back from shore and up on the nearest "mountain" which proved to be 820 feet high. From there we went west and down to another [illegible] of 150 feet and then up on another ridge 520 feet high. We came back to the station across the fields and highway. In the evening we sorted out some of the material. July 24, 1904, Sunday Cloudy and hazy. Warm. Had breakfast about 7.00 A.M. and at 8.15 A. M. Pease, Fernald, and I started for Tracidigash Mountain. We went through Mr. Cullen's field to the railway station, a short distance to the east on that, and then to the northward beyond a cedar swamp, thence across fields to the base of the mountain. We ascended to a point about one half mile west of the main peak and thence along slowly to the summit which is surmounted by a large wooden cross. We reached this point about 2.00 P. M. and ate our lunch. The aneroid showed 1930 feet above sea level. In the P. M. Pease and Fernald worked along the base of the cliff finding several interesting plants. I worked along the top of the cliff going down occasionally on the rope and collecting. At 6.20 P. M. we all met again at the Cross and descended via the ravine below the main peak to the pasture and road. Reached hotel at 8