. Through the year with Thoreau . C 19 ] A PARTRIDGE NEST May 7, 1855. A partridge flew up from withinthree or four feet of me with a loud whir, and be-trayed one cream-colored egg in a little hollow amidthe leaves. May 12. I find the partridge-nest of the 7th par-tially covered with dry oak leaves, and two moreeggs only, three in all, cold. Probably the bird iskilled. May 26. The partridge which on the 12th hadleft three cold eggs covered up with oak leaves isnow sitting on eight. She apparently deserted hernest for a time and covered it. i Journal, vii, 363, 371, 390. These entries illustrat
. Through the year with Thoreau . C 19 ] A PARTRIDGE NEST May 7, 1855. A partridge flew up from withinthree or four feet of me with a loud whir, and be-trayed one cream-colored egg in a little hollow amidthe leaves. May 12. I find the partridge-nest of the 7th par-tially covered with dry oak leaves, and two moreeggs only, three in all, cold. Probably the bird iskilled. May 26. The partridge which on the 12th hadleft three cold eggs covered up with oak leaves isnow sitting on eight. She apparently deserted hernest for a time and covered it. i Journal, vii, 363, 371, 390. These entries illustrate a habit of Thoreaus — examples of whichabound in the journal — of following up an interesting subject so as tomake a complete record. Bradford Torrey remarks that Thoreaus pro-nunciation of the family name, which was very much like the adjectivethorough, suggests a conspicuous trait in his character. H. W. G. BIRD-FOOT VIOLETS (VIOLA PEDATA) May 10, 1858. How much expression there is in the Viola pedata ! I do not know on t
Size: 1904px × 1312px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookp, booksubjectnaturalhistory
