On the sand between rails in the Deep Cut, 103°

July 3.

4 P. M. —Air out-of-doors generally, 86°. On the sand between rails in the Deep Cut, 103°; Near the surface of Walden, fifteen rods from shore, 80°. Three feet below the surface there, and every where nearer shore (and probably further from it), 78°.

H. D. Thoreau, Journal, July 3, 1855

July 3, 2015

Air out-of-doors generally, 86°. See July 2, 1855 (“Air over river at Hubbard’s Bath . . . . 88° ”)