Chapter 9: The Ponds

Chapter 9: The Ponds

1. Walden Pond

   • Sometimes blue, sometimes green
   • not a lot of aquatic life
   • provides water for Thoreau
   • provides a place to wash dishes for the villagers

2. One day Thoreau finds tracks around the pond which he believes were made by hunters.

   • According to an Indian legend, a hill sank and swallows up a group of hunters except one named Walden which is what the pond is named after.

3. Sandy Pond

   • larger and more shallow, less pure, and has more fish then Walden Pond
   • Thoreau finds the name boring and describes how the pond should be named from the animals that lived there and not the farmers who lived there

4. White Pond

   • has the same features as Walden Pond

5. Goose Pond

   • similar to Walden and much smaller with no boat and fish