The distant horizon a narrow blue line

July 9

Now, with a clear sky and bright weather, we see many dark streaks and patches where the surface of the ocean is rippled by fishes, mostly menhaden, far and wide, in countless myriads, such the populousness of the sea.

Occasionally, when near, can see their shining sides appear —and the mackerel gulls dive. Also see bass, whiting, cod, etc., turn up their bellies, near the shore. 

The distant horizon a narrow blue line from distance like mountains. 

H. D. Thoreau, Journal , July 9, 1855

The ocean is rippled by fishes, mostly menhaden, far and wide, in countless myriads. See November 9, 1858 ("I looked through my glass and could plainly see the dimples made by a school of little fishes . . . exactly analogous to the dark rippled patches on the sea made by the menhaden as seen from Cape Cod . . . In this respect, also, Walden is a small ocean.")

July 9. See A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, July 9

Now with a clear sky

the distant horizon is

a narrow blue line.

A Book of the Seasons,  by Henry Thoreau, The distant horizon

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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