the Thoreau Log.
8 August 1858. Concord, Mass.

Thoreau writes in his journal:

  P.M.—To Ledum Swamp . . .

  Looking north from Hubbard’s Bridge about 4 P.M., the wind being southeasterly, I am struck by the varied lights of the river. The wind, which is a considerable breeze, strikes the water by a very irregular serrated edge about mid-channel, and then abruptly leaves it on a distinct and regular meandering line, about eight feet from the outer edge of the pads on the west side . . .

(Journal, 11:82-85)

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