THE PONDS

THE PONDS

1. Thoreau felt refreshed by looking and talking about the features of the surrounding countryside

   • He thinks Walden Pond in specific is remarkable
     • He thinks it is deep and pure,
     • It is sometimes blue and sometimes green
     • Does not have many fish
       • Besides pickerel
       • But is occupied by other animals such as ducks, geese, frogs, etc.
     • He remembers going to it before he lived there so as to light a fire by the shore
   • Climbed Fair-Haven Hill

2. Sometimes, after hoeing for the day, he would go fishing with an elderly man but they didn't talk

   • He also sometimes simply drifted around in his boat and played his flute

3. At one point, Thoreau noticed tracks around the pond possibly made by hunters

   • There was an Indian fable that said there was once a group that was holding festivities on the mountain and were using profanity so the mountain sunk and devoured everyone but a woman named Walden.
     • Thoreau values this pond, yet believes the townspeople do not

4. About a mile away from Walden, there is Flint's pond, which is also called Sandy Pond

   • It was far larger and more shallow
     • Yet less pure and had more fish
   • Thoreau wishes names of stuff like ponds would be based off of the animals around the place
   • In addition to this, there are also Goose Pond, White Pond, and Fair-Haven Bay