Walden Chapter 9: The Ponds

Walden Chapter 9: The Ponds

1. Walden Pond is remarkable.

   • The pond is It is deep and pure, sometimes it is blue and sometimes green depending on the time of day.
   • Some animals found at the pond include ducks, frogs, muskrats, and turtles.
   • Thoreau often goes fishing in the pond at night with a companion.

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

   • In an old Native American legend, a hill sank and swallowed up a group of hunters except one named Walden.
     • The pond was named after that person.

3. Thoreau believes that pond should be named after their features like plants and animals.

   • Ponds with names after farmers/people are boring.