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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