Transcriber’s Note:
  Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have  been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
  The following alternate spellings were noted, but retained:
  • Shakspeare and Shakespeare
  • Minot and Minott
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Star-flowers (Trientalis) (page 266)
Fair Haven Pond from the Cliffs
 
THE WRITINGS OF

HENRY DAVID THOREAU
JOURNAL
EDITED BY BRADFORD TORREY
II
1850-September 15, 1851
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. 1850 (Æt. 32-33)

The Religion of the Hindoos—Narrow Shoes—The Townof Bedford—A Visit to Haverhill and the Dustin House—Tastein Eating—Sawing Buttonwood Logs—The Insanityof Heroes—The Sand Cherry—Life in a Small Meadow—Turtleand Horned Pout—Limestone—The Energy of OurAncestors—A New Bosphorus—Sippio Brister’s Gravestone—Fences—DrivingCows to Pasture—Setting Fire tothe Woods—The Incendiary—The View from Goodman’sHill in Sudbury—A Burner of Brush—Tending a Burning—TheRegularity of the Cars—The Levels of Life—A ProposedMethod of Fighting Wood-Fires—The Yezidis—Insectsover the River—Cows in a Pasture—Horses Fighting—TheAdvantages of a Fire in the Woods—Walking by Night—AnIndian Squaw—A Button from the Marquis of Ossoli’sCoat—Bones on the Beach—Fresh Water in Sand-Bars—Ragsand Meanness—Tobacco Legislation—An IdealFriend—Conforming—A Drunken Dutchman—Legs asCompasses—Walks about Concord—Meadow-Hay—TheOld Marlborough Road—Surface of Water—The Money-Digger—TheRailroad—Tall Ambrosia—The Ways ofCows—Flocks of Birds—A Great Blue Heron—The Elm—UncleCharles Dunbar—Lines on a Flower growing in theMiddle of the Road—A Beautiful Heifer—Water the OnlyDrink—On the River—Music—The Canadian Excursion—Livingand Loving one’s Life—Canadian Houses—AFrog in the Milk—Apostrophe to Diana—Agroundat Patchogue—The Relics of a Human Body on the Beach—Echoes—Sawmills—BeggingIndians—The Indian andhis Baskets—Uncle Charles on the Dock at New York—Naturein November—The Approach of Winter—Changes...                        
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