Many tortoise-scales about the river now.
Some of my driftwood — floating rails, etc. — are scented with muskrats; have been their perches; and also covered with a thick clear slime or jelly.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, September 22, 1855
Many tortoise-scales about the river now. See September 15, 1855 ("See many painted tortoise scales being shed, half erect on their backs.")
Some of my driftwood are scented with muskrats; and also covered with a thick clear slime or jelly. See May 9, 1853 ("I save a floating plank which exhales and imparts to my hands the rank scent of the muskrats which have squatted on it. I often see their fresh green excrement on rocks and wood."); Compare March 6, 1856 ("On the rock this side the Leaning Hemlocks, is the track of an otter. He has left some scentless jelly-like substance").
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