The Witch Hazel. (Several subjects. See memoranda in “Nature Jottings.”) Unfurling banners and saluting coming snow. The Divining Rod. Old Witch. Witch hazel; (see Whittier’s Poem, Preface or dedication?) Shrub over Brook. Peculiar Quality of perfume. Horizontal Foliage in Wood. Reference in Hawthorne. Into the Lake. Cascade over precipice into Lake. Boating and fishing. The Camp. (Adirondacks. See sketch.) Morning on the Lake (Water-color sketch, deer drinking). Evening. Hunting with jack. (Dudley Warner’s “Deer hunt.”) “The Loon’s weird laughter, far away.” The Rise. Trout rising; flash of sun on still water. “Long ripple.” Thoreau. Guide Lore. Sand Orchid. Secret of fertilization. Lovell’s Pond, several varieties---- Pond Lilies? (or on brook?) Yellow pond lilies. Hawthorne’s simile. The Water Mussel. Beautiful pearl. Saranac lake. Wondrous tints brought out by scouring with sand. Tiger-beetles on Sand. (Show nests.) Heron’s Nest (see cut in Harper’s). Evening Subject. Weird Effect. The Plover. Evening Mist. Mist rising. Returning skyward. Sun drawing water. Wild Ducks. The Bittern. “His precious legs.” Thoreau. Water Adder. (Winnepesaukee incident, see note-book “Nature Jottings.”) The Outlet. A Chasm. “Ausable Chasm.” _The Brook (Shepaug?)_ The Water-fence. A Hot Day (cows in water in shade). Under the Water. Caddis Worms in nest. (Life under ice. Thoreau.) Dragon-fly larvæ. Battle under Water. “No refuge e’en in water.” Lizard and dragon-fly larva. Aquarium incident. Scouring Rush (grass) gatherers. See quotations. The Little Sandpipers. Ephemera. (The creatures of an hour. The twilight flight.) The Crossing Pole (Newtown brook. Children over dark still current). The Swimming Hole. (Bathers. Twilight effect. Interrupted Bath.) The Old Bridge. On the Muddy Beam (Phebe nest or other bird). A Gravel Island. (Thoreau’s sentiments on beholding an island.) A Pebbly Beach. A Still Nook in Shore. Gnats emerging. Boats of Eggs. A Sungleam from the River bed. Minnow or Sunfish turning. Combine same with Kingfisher, if possible, showing the incident of prey from the fish’s standpoint, under water looking out above. Consult Thoreau’s “Concord River” and his experiences in taming the fish. The Willows. The Closed Gentian. The Button-bush. Sailing the Boat. The Kingfisher (watching for the gleam). A Bit of Sentiment. Two figures by the brink; thoughts of brook, etc. Similes. The Freshet. Broken Dam. Ice Blockade. Ice piling and crushing against mill. A Tumultuous Record. Water sculpture. Torrent making holes in rocks. Worn by boulders. Diana’s Baths, Shepaug Falls. Glassy Ice on Dripping Twigs. _The Swamp_