attained their

    greatest  at time ter.  true,

    as far as my observation goes, of e Pond.

    t long intervals serves this use

    at least; ter standing at t  for a year or

    more, t makes it difficult to , kills the

    srees s edge since t

    rise -- pitchers -- and,

    falling again, leaves an unobstructed shore; for, unlike many ponds

    and all ers o a daily tide, its shore is

    cleanest .  On t my

    ceen feet high, has been killed and

    tipped over as if by a lever, and top put to their

    encroacs; and tes how many years have elapsed

    since t rise to t.  By tuation the pond

    asserts its title to a she

    trees cannot  by righe lips of

    t licks its cime to

    time.  er is at its , the alders, willows, and

    maples send forts several feet long from

    all sides of tems in ter, and to t of three or

    four feet from t to maintain themselves; and

    I  the shore, which

    commonly produce no fruit, bear an abundant crop under these

    circumstances.

    Some o tell he shore became so regularly

    paved.  My toion -- t

    people tell me t t in t anciently

    the Indians were holding a pow-wow upon a hill here, which rose as

    o to th, and

    ty, as tory goes, this vice is one

    of wy, and whus

    engaged the hill shook and suddenly sank, and only one old squaw,

    named alden, escaped, and from  has been

    conjectured t s