Thursday September 16. Mt. Washington. At seven this morning the sun is out fine and there are but few clouds in the sky; I conclude to g to the top of Mt. Washington. At 8 A.M. clouds hang low to the southeast of Crawford but they melt away toward Mt. Washington. At 8.30 I begin to walk to Bretton Woods and by the time I get there an hour later there are considerable clouds. Now I conclude to risk it since the clouds are thin and must be clear. We start from Bretton Woods at 10.13 in an open car with iron fence wood railway chain. This first part of the ascent is fairly gentle and for some miles we go to the "Base Station" at the base of the mountain. Here we change cars to a tiny locomotive with one car that runs on a very curve rail. The locomotive is behind and just for the cars to get. At Base we are 2570 feet above sea and we are to 6296 feet. For description of ascent see folder. We had no view from at the top and fairly northy beyond 15 miles could be plainly made out. The morn in-