I see a spearer’s light to-night.

November 15.

The river rising. I see a spearer’s light to-night.

H. D. Thoreau, Journal, November 15, 1855

The river rising. See November 14, 1855 ("The rain has raised the river an additional foot or more, and it is creeping over the meadows "); See also  November 15, 1853 (“The river has risen yet higher than last night, so that I cut across Hubbard's meadow with ease”)

A spearer’s light to-night.  See April 25, 1856 ("At evening see a spearer’s light."); April 25, 1855 ("A spearers’ fire seems three times as far off as it is."); October 16, 1851 ("To-night the spearers are out again.")