The Ponds
nt colors. alden is blue at one
time and green at anot of view. Lying
bet partakes of th.
Vie reflects t near at
is of a yello next the
sand, t green, wo a uniform dark
green in ts, viewed even from a
op, it is of a vivid green next the shore. Some have referred
to tion of t it is equally green there
against the leaves
are expanded, and it may be simply t of the prevailing blue
mixed s iris.
t portion, also, whe ice being
of ted from ttom, and also
transmitted ts first and forms a narrow canal
about till frozen middle. Like t of our ers, when
mucated, in clear the waves
may reflect t t angle, or because there is more
lig, it appears at a little distance of a darker
blue tself; and at sucime, being on its surface,
and looking o see tion, I have
discerned a matc blue, sucered
or c, more cerulean the
sky itself, alternating e
sides of t appeared but muddy in comparison. It
is a vitreous greenis, like tches of
ter sky seen tas in t before sundown.
Yet a single glass of its er o t is as colorless
as an equal quantity of air. It is a large plate of
glass , oo its
quot;body,quot; but a small piece of the same will be colorless. how large
a body of alden er o reflect a green tint I
er of our river is black or a very dark
broo one looking directly d