The Pond in Winter
reater in t if our instruments
e enoug detect an undulation in t of
the
ts ed over tter, a
rise or fall of t infinitesimal amount made a
difference of several feet on a tree across the pond. hen I began
to cut er
on t t the
er began immediately to run into tinued to
run for treams, whe ice on every
side, and contributed essentially, if not mainly, to dry the surface
of ter ran in, it raised and floated the
ice. t like cutting a tom of a ship
to let ter out. hen such holes freeze, and a rain succeeds,
and finally a new freezing forms a fres is
beautifully mottled internally by dark figures, s like
a spiders tes, produced by the
cer floo a centre.
Sometimes, also, wh shallow puddles, I
sahe
otrees or hillside.
it is cold January, and snohick and
solid, t landlord comes from to get ice to
cool ically, o
foresee t and t of July now in January -- wearing a
t and mittens! w provided for.
It may be t reasures in this world which will cool
. s and sahe solid pond,
unroofs ts off t and
air, by cakes like corded he
favoring er air, to ry cellars, to underlie the summer
t looks like solidified azure, as, far off, it is drawn
treets. tters are a merry race, full of
jest and sport, and to invite
me to sa-fasanding underneath.
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