July 28.
Sail to the Gurnet, which runs down seven miles into the bay from Marshfield. Hear the peep of the beach-bird. See ringnecks in company with peeps.
Sail to the Gurnet, which runs down seven miles into the bay from Marshfield. Hear the peep of the beach-bird. See ringnecks in company with peeps.
They tell of eagles flying low over the island lately.
Go by Saquish. Gather a basketful of Irish moss bleached on the beach. See a field full of pink-blossomed potatoes at the lighthouse, also some French barley. Old fort and barracks by lighthouse.
Visit lobster houses or huts there, where they use lobsters to catch bait for lobsters. To obtain bait is sometimes the main thing.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, July 28, 1851
They tell of eagles
flying low over
the island lately.
A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau
"A book, each page written in its own season,
out-of-doors, in its own locality."
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