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Boating trips on New England rivers (1884)

Fellows, Henry Parker · Boston, Cupples, Upham and company · leaf 36

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CHAPTER II. CONCORD. /~\UR camping place was within the borders of Concord.Walden Pond was accessible, and not far distant;but Ave did not care to undertake a tramp there in thewet. We got under way again on the river about themiddle of the afternoon. A few strokes carried us to … Fair Haven Bay, where hills rise on every side, shuttingin the prospect with walls of living green. The river ishere, indeed, wild and picturesque, and was a favoriteresort of Thoreau. After a long, hard pull against astrong head wind, we came to the old South Bridge atConcord. The river, here and…

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