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Excerpts from the writings of Henry David Thoreau wherein he observes and reflects on the nature of vernal pools. [Comments in brackets.]

Vernal Pool - Walden Woods The very pools, now, soon after the ice has melted, so...	Flowering Skunk Cabbage A pleasant afternoon, cool wind but warm sun. Snow...	Fairy Shrimp At Callitriche Pool (I see no flowers on it), I see what...	Spring Peeper The sound of peeping frogs (hylodes) and dreaming toads...	Tussock Sedge Sitting on Lightning Hillside looking over Haywood’s...	Wood Frog Cluster Go to the cold pond-hole south of J. P. Brown's, to hear...
Wood Frog Eggs Hatching A very pleasant and warm afternoon, the earth seems to be...	Gordian Worms I drink at every cooler spring in my walk these...	Water Strider In a leafy pond by railroad, which will soon dry up, I...

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