the Thoreau Log. 8 February 1853. Concord, Mass. Thoreau writes in his journal: The warm rains have melted off the surface snow or white ice on Walden, down to the dark ice, the color of the water, only three or four inches thick (Journal, 4:490). Log Index Log Pages Select... 1817-1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862