Flint's Pond！  Such is the poverty of our nomenclature.  What right had the unclean and stupid farmer， whose farm abutted on this sky water， whose shores he has ruthlessly laid bare， to give his name to it？  Some skin-flint， who loved better the reflecting surface of a dollar， or a bright cent， in which he could see his own brazen face； who regarded even the wild ducks which settled in it as trespassers； his fingers grown into crooked and bony talons from the long habit of grasping harpy-like； ―― so it is not named for me.  I go not there to see him nor to hear of him； who never saw it， who never bathed in it， who never loved it， who never protected it， who never spoke a good word for it， nor thanked God that He had made it. Rather let it be named from the fishes that swim in it， the wild fowl or quadrupeds which frequent it， the wild flowers which grow by its shores， or some wild man or child the thread of whose history is interwoven with its own； not from him who could show no title to it but the deed which a like-minded neighbor or legislature gave him ――him who thought only of its money value； whose presence perchance cursed all the shores； who exhausted the land around it， and would fain have exhausted the waters within it； who regretted only that it was not English hay or cranberry meadow ―― there was nothing to redeem it， forsooth， in his eyes ―― and would have drained and sold it for the mud at its bottom.  It did not turn his mill， and it was no privilege to him to behold it.  I respect not his labors， his farm where everything has its price， who would carry the landscape，who would carry his God， to market， if he could get anything for him； who goes to market for his god as it is； on whose farm nothing grows free， whose fields bear no crops， whose meadows no flowers，whose trees no fruits， but dollars； who loves not the beauty of his fruits， whose fruits are not ripe for him till they are turned to dollars.  Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.  Farmers are respectable and interesting to me in proportion as they are poor ――poor farmers.  A model farm！ where the house stands like a fungus in a muckheap， chambers for men horses， oxen， and swine， cleansed and uncleansed， all contiguous to one another！  Stocked with men！  A great grease-spot， redolent of manures and buttermilk！  Under a high state of cultivation， being manured with the hearts and brains of men！  As if you were to raise your potatoes in the churchyard！  Such is a model farm.

　　No， no； if the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men， let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.  Let our lakes receive as true names at least as the Icarian Sea， where "still the shore" a "brave attempt resounds."

　　Goose Pond， of small extent， is on my way to Flint's； Fair Haven， an expansion of Concord River， said to contain some seventy acres， is a mile southwest； and White Pond， of about forty acres， is a mile and a half beyond Fair Haven.  This is my lake country. These， with Concord River， are my water privileges； and night and day， year in year out， they grind such grist as I carry to them.

　　Since the wood-cutters， and the railroad， and I myself have profaned Walden， perhaps the most attractive， if not the most beautiful， of all our lakes， the gem of the woods， is White Pond； ――a poor name from its commonness， whether derived from the remarkable purity of its waters or the color of its sands.  In these as in other respects， however， it is a lesser twin of Walden.  They are so much alike that you would say they must be connected under ground. It has the same stony shore， and its waters are of the same hue.  As at Walden， in sultry dog-day weather， looking down through the woods on some of its bays which are not so deep but that the reflection from the bottom tinges them， its waters are of a misty bluish-green or glaucous color.  Many years since I used to go there to collect the sand by cartloads， to make sandpaper with， and I have continued to visit it ever since.  One who frequents it proposes to call it Virid Lake.  Perhaps it might be called Yellow Pine Lake， from the following circumstance.  About fifteen years ago you could see the top of a pitch pine， of the kind called yellow pine hereabouts，though it is not a distinct species， projecting above the surface in deep water， many rods from the shore.  It was even supposed by some that the pond had sunk， and this was one of the primitive forest that formerly stood there.  I find that even so long ago as 1792， in a "Topographical Description of the Town of Concord，" by one of its citizens， in the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society， the author， after speaking of Walden and White Ponds， adds，"In the middle of the latter may be seen， when the water is very low， a tree which appears as if it grew in the place where it now stands， although the roots are fifty feet below the surface of the water； the top of this tree is broken off， and at that place measures fourteen inches in diameter."  In the spring of '49 I talked with the man who lives nearest the pond in Sudbury， who told me that it was he who got out this tree ten or fifteen years before. As near as he could remember， it stood twelve or fifteen rods from the shore， where the water was thirty or forty feet deep.  It was in the winter， and he had been getting out ice in the forenoon， and had resolved that in the afternoon， with the aid of his neighbors， he would take out the old yellow pine.  He sawed a channel in the ice toward the shore， and hauled it over and along and out on to the ice with oxen； but， before he had gone far in his work， he was surprised to find that it was wrong end upward， with the stumps of the branches pointing down， and the small end firmly fastened in the sandy bottom.  It was about a foot in diameter at the big end， and he had expected to get a good saw-log， but it was so rotten as to be fit only for fuel， if for that.  He had some of it in his shed then. There were marks of an axe and of woodpeckers on the butt.  He thought that it might have been a dead tree on the shore， but was finally blown over into the pond， and after the top had become water-logged， while the butt-end was still dry and light， had drifted out and sunk wrong end up.  His father， eighty years old，could not remember when it was not there.  Several pretty large logs may still be seen lying on the bottom， where， owing to the undulation of the surface， they look like huge water snakes in motion.

　　

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