The Pond in Winter
stretcly suc;; from
and
t of t to convince ting
inants of t. Often an inquisitive eye may detect the
sive lake in the low horizon hills, and no
subsequent elevation of to conceal
tory. But it is easiest, as the highways
knoo find ter a s
of it is, tion give it t license, dives deeper
and soars ure goes. So, probably, the
ocean o be very inconsiderable compared s
breadth.
As I sounded termine the
bottom er accuracy than is possible in surveying harbors
its general
regularity. In t part there are several acres more level
t any field he sun, wind, and plow.
In one instance, on a line arbitrarily c
vary more t in ty rods; and generally, near the
middle, I could calculate tion for eac in
any direction beforehree or four inches. Some are
accustomed to speak of deep and dangerous sandy
ponds like t t of er under tances
is to level all inequalities. ty of ttom and its
conformity to the neighboring hills were
so perfect t a distant promontory betrayed itself in the
soundings quite across ts direction could be
determined by observing te shore. Cape becomes bar, and
plain ser and channel.
en rods to an inch,
and put dohan a hundred in all, I observed
ticed t the number
indicating test deptly in tre of the
map, I laid a rule on thwise, and
found,