. Through the year with Thoreau . apestry of coun-terpane and dimity in a ladys bedchamber, and Ipray that the cobwebs may not have been brushedaway from the mills which I visit. It is as if I wereaboard a man-of-war, and this were the fine rig-ging of the mill, the sails being taken in. All thingsin the mill wear the same livery or drapery, down tothe millers hat and coat. I knew Barrett forty rodsoflf in the cranberry meadow by the meal on his hat. Barretts apprentice, it seems, makes trays ofblack birch and of red maple, in a dark room underthe mill. I was pleased to see this work done here
. Through the year with Thoreau . apestry of coun-terpane and dimity in a ladys bedchamber, and Ipray that the cobwebs may not have been brushedaway from the mills which I visit. It is as if I wereaboard a man-of-war, and this were the fine rig-ging of the mill, the sails being taken in. All thingsin the mill wear the same livery or drapery, down tothe millers hat and coat. I knew Barrett forty rodsoflf in the cranberry meadow by the meal on his hat. Barretts apprentice, it seems, makes trays ofblack birch and of red maple, in a dark room underthe mill. I was pleased to see this work done here, awooden tray is so handsome. You could count thecircles of growth on the end of the tray, and thedark heart of the tree was seen at each end above,producing a semicircular ornament. It was a satis-faction to be reminded that we may so easily make When this photograph was taken, the miller, on being told the pur-pose of the photograph, remarked, Oh, yes, those are the same cob-webs that Thoreau saw here fifty years ago! H. W. i: 96: our own trenchers as well as fill them. To see thetree reappear on the table, instead of going to thefire or some equally coarse use, is some compensa-tion for having it cut down. Journal, xi, 224, 225. [ 96-2FRINGED GENTIAN October 19, 1852. At 5 I found the fringedgentian now somewhat stale and touched with frost,being in the meadow toward Peters. Probably onhigh, moist ground it is fresher. It may have been inbloom a month. It has been cut off by the mower,and apparently has put out in consequence a mass ofshort branches full of flowers. This may make it doubt if I can find one naturally grown. At this hourthe blossoms are tightly rolled and twisted, and I seethat the bees have gnawed round holes in their sidesto come at the nectar. They have found them, thoughI had not. Full many a flower is born to blush un-seen by man. An hour ago I doubted if fringed gen-tians were in Concord now, biit, having found these,they as it were sur
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