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 INDEX.

467

Black, Sam (a cat), 32, 36.

Blake, Harrison Gray Otis (H. U. 1835), 189-191, 228, 280, 329; let ters from, 190, 209, 251, 281 ; let ters to, 192, 197, 208, 209, 213, 216, 223, 234, 237, 251, 261, 2G6, 271, 275, 289, 291, 301-308, 316, 326-332, 339-347, 354, 357, 359, 368-378, 385, 389, 409, 413, 415- 425, 428, 443; tours with, 235, 282, 388; visits from, 190, 301, 316.

Blakians, sugar candy, 329.

Blood, Perez, 159, 160, 164.

Blueberries, 25, 429.

Bluebirds, 14,23, 24, 396, 434.

Bluebird box, 24.

Blue-eyed grass, 42.

Bluffs, in Minnesota, 446.

Body and soul, 198, 218, 257.

Bonaparte, anecdote of, 277.

Bonnets of Quakers, 115.

Books, catalogue of, 69, 73, 311.

Boston, Agassiz in, 149-157 ; Alcott in, 228, 285 ; clubs ridiculed, 401 ; &quot; Dial&quot; mentioned, 44, 67, 69-74, 89, 92, 99, 103, 111, 128, 135-139, 141 ; lectures and lecturers, 154, 227, 228, 231, 413 ; Miscellany, 99, 103, 122 ; packet for Cape Cod, 303, 304 ; publishers, 99, 122, 166, 219, 281, 311, 388, 458.

Botany, Thoreau s skill in, 1, 282, 287.

Botta, Mrs. Anne Lynch, 348.

Bradbury and Soden, publishers, 99, 122.

Bradford, George P. (H. U. 1825), 74, 364.

Bradford, T. G. (H. U. 1822), 20.

Brahma, 210.

Brahmins, 270, 351.

Brattleboro, Vt., 332.

Bread, discourse on, 197-199, 307; daily, 205 ; mentioned, 317.

Briars, a field near Walden, 145.

Bride and bridegroom, 240, 249, 354.

Broadway, New York, 83, 101, 335, 341.

Brooklawn, New Bedford, 311, 320.

Brooklyn, N. Y., 82, 339, 346, 348.

Brown, Deacon Reuben, 169.

Brown, John, of Osawatomie, 339, 392, 415, 420 ; comes to Concord, 414; his capture and execution, 413-415 ; is eulogized by Thoreau, 414 ; his companions, 422-424.

Brown, John, Jr., son of preceding, visits North Elba and Boston, 420.

Brown, Mrs. See Jackson.

Brown, Theo., of Worcester, 287,

301, 331, 335, 342, 345, 358, 368,

389, 406. Brown, Dr. Thomas, of Edinburgh,

29.

Browne, Sir Thomas, 183. Brownson, 0. A., 4. Buddhist, 128. Buffaloes, 14, 17, 130. Buffum, Arnold, 337. Bull, E. W. (Concord grape), 436. Bulwer, Lord Lytton, 31, 34. Bunsen, works of, 321. Burnham, a Boston bookseller, 311. Burning woods, 168, 363, 391. Burns, Thoreau s grandmother, 6. Business, remarks on, 8, 127, 186,

204, 206, 372, 410. Butternuts, in New York, 19. Buying clothes, 127, 271 ; a house,

169-172 ; wood, 294.

CABMEN of New York, 81.

Cabot, J. Elliott (H. U. 1840), 149,

155, 226 ; letters to, 150-154, 186 ;

letters from 155, 157, 227. Cactus, 32, 36. Caddis-worms, 153. Cadi, Turkish, 270. Cage, lion in, 404. Cake, for journeys, 383. Calcutta, bishop of (R. Heber), 284. Calf, the young bunting, 162. California, 252, 260, 366. Calling in life, 78, 117, 129, 144, 187,

196. 202, 206, 210, 218, 234, 254,

264. Calyx, 239 ; the thalamus or bridal

chamber, 250. Cambridge, Mass., 4, 7, 10, 52, 77-79,

130, 154, 159, 165, 272, 286, 299,

300, 336, 361, 364; library, 299;

observatory, 159, 164. Camp, Thoreau s, on Monadnoc,

422.

Camping out, 421, 429, 432. Canada, mentioned, 259, 297, 324,

378-380, 398, 399 ; story, 207, 260 ;

lynx, 427.

Candidates, 17, 19, 168, 232, 254. Candor, in friendship, 66, 95, 163. Canoes, 130, 301, 379-382. Canton, Mass., Thoreau s school at,

4. Cape Cod, mentioned, 290, 302-305,

366, 367 ; excursions to, 302, 359,

366, 412. Cares, 310, 416. Carlisle, Mass., 17, 19, 160. Carlton House, New York, 64,