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hauled out on to a rock as we were gazing.
Will’s glass brought him very near to us, as he
was enjoying the bright sun. We then walked
over to Walden Pond and saw where Thoreau
lived. The cellar remains partially. A pile
of stones near by is in his honor. I added
one to it. We then went through a most
beautiful track of woods called “Fairy Land.”
It is owned by private parties and will be
preserved. From here, we drove home, the car-
riage meeting us at this point. I wheeled
to the stable in the A.M. and in the P.M.
I started out on my bicycle in the hopes of
meeting Mary & George driving up from Cambridge.
Sure enough, they are on Lowell St. We turned
and did some sight seeing before supper. I
showed them Emerson’s, Miss Alcott’s, Hawthorn’s homes,
the Concord Grape, Thoreau’s house, &c. They took
tea here. George left the horse at the stable
and took the 8.22 train, Fitchburg R.R. home.
Mary spends the night here at Carrie’s. Carrie
read aloud this evening.
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2 1/2 m.
total 1048 m.
Glorious morning. Light rain in the early P.M. After
breakfast, I took Mary & Margie out in the dory as
far as the Red Bridge. We got a lot of Water Lilies.
Geo. arrived again by 10.30 and we three spent
the rest of the A.M. sightseeing. We visited the Minuteman,
and called at the Old Manse. Miss Prince who is there this
summer, showed us over the house. Then we went to Sleepy
Hollow and the Old Hill Burying Ground. Read the epi-
taph of “John Jack.” After dinner we had a slight rain. At
4 P.M. Mary & Geo. were off. I had walked to the village with Geo. for the horse.
M. & I walked 1 ½ m. before tea.
Sagittaria variabilis, Engelm. var. Bank. Concord R.