Beard-grasses, Andropogons or, =5=, 255-258.
Bears, abundance of, =3=, 235.
Beaumont, Francis, quoted, =1=, 69.
Beauport (Que.), and _le Chemin de_, =5=, 30; getting lodgings in,
35-38; church in, 69; Seigniory of, 96.
Beaupré, Seigniory of the Côte de, =5=, 41.
Beauties of Ancient English Poetry, =6=, 66.
Beauty, =6=, 198, 199; Emerson's Ode to, 115-117; Ruskin on, 319.
Beaver River, =1=, 92.
Bed, a cedar-twig, =3=, 60; of arbor-vitæ twigs, 265; the primitive,
by all rivers, 317.
Bedford (Mass.), =1=, 4, 37; petition of planters of, 50; 53, 62; =2=,
136.
Bedford (N. H.), =1=, 247, 248, 251, 252.
Beecher, Henry Ward, =6=, 291.
Bees, the keeping of, =4=, 284, 285.
Beggar-ticks, =6=, 289.
Behavior, repentance for good, =2=, 11.
Behemoth, =6=, 231.
"Behold, how Spring appearing," verse, =5=, 109.
Belknap, Jeremy, quoted, =1=, 91, 127, 189, 201.
Bellamy, the pirate, wrecked off Wellfleet, =4=, 160, 161.
Bellew, F., an artist, =6=, 287.
Bellows, Rev. H. W. (H. U. 1832), =6=, 105.
Bellows, valley called the, =1=, 189.
Bellows Falls (Vt.), =1=, 91; =5=, 5.
Bells, the sound of Sabbath, =1=, 78; of Lincoln, Acton, Bedford,
Concord, the, =2=, 136.
Bemis, George, Concord printer, =6=, 18.
Benjamin, Park, =6=, 107, note.
Benton, Myron B., =6=, 398. _See_ Letters.
"Best room," the pine wood behind house, =2=, 157.
Betty's Neck, Middleborough, =6=, 265.
Bewick, Thomas, =6=, 248.
Beverley, Robert, History of Virginia, quoted, =4=, 15, 102, 103.
Bhagvat-Geeta, the, quoted, =1=, 140; pure thought of the, 142; beauty
of the, 148; 153.
Biberg, J. (naturalist), quoted, =6=, 207.
Bible, =6=, 63, 98, 114.
Bibles of several nations, the, =1=, 72; of mankind, 72; =2=, 118,
119.
Bigelow, Dr. J., =6=, 19.
Billerica (Mass.), =1=, =4=, 32, 36, 38, 43; age of the town of, 49;
51, 53, 62, 119, 391.
Billingsgate, part of Wellfleet called, =4=, 82.
Billingsgate Island, =4=, 89.
Biography, autobiography the best, =1=, 163.
Birch, yellow, =5=, 6.
Birds, =6=, 21, 23, 30, 42, 75; living with the, =2=, 95; in the
wilderness, =3=, 118; about Moosehead Lake, 186; about Mud Pond Carry,
237; near Chamberlain Lake, 240, 241; on Heron Lake, 255; on East
Branch, 309; on Cape Cod, =4=, 113, 114, 131, 164; and mountains, =5=,
149. See under names of species.
Birney, James G., =6=, 283, 288.
Biscuit Brook, =1=, 380.
Bittern (Ardea minor, stake-driver), =1=, 249; booming of the, =5=,
111.
Black Knight, The, verse, =5=, 415, note.
Black, Mrs., =6=, 82.
Black Sam, =2=, 29, 31.
Blackfish, driven ashore in storm, =4=, 142-147.
Black flies, protection against, =3=, 236, 246.
Blake, Harrison Gray Otis (H. U. 1835), =6=, 158, 159, 190, 233, 279;
letter from, 158, 159; letters to, 160, 164, 173, 174, 177, 179, 185,
194, 197, 209, 217, 221, 225, 229, 241, 244, 253-261, 267, 276-281,
290-296, 302, 307, 308, 314-322, 343, 358, 360-368, 383; tours with,
195, 234, 333; visits from, 158, 253, 267.
Blakians, sugar candy, =6=, 279.
Blood, Perez, =6=, 133, 134, 137.
Blueberries, =3=, 66, 298; =6=, 23, 369; and milk, supper of, =5=,
144.
Bluebird, the, =5=, 110; =6=, 14, 21, 22, 341, 374-376.
Blue-eyed grass, =6=, 36.
Boat, T.'s, =1=, 12; hints for making a, 13.
Boat-building, =1=, 228.
Boatmen, the pleasant lives of, =1=, 220-226.
Bobolink, the, =5=, 113.
Bodæus, quoted, =5=, 317.
Body, a temple, man's, =2=, 245; and soul, 164, 165, 181, 213, 214.
Bogs with hard bottom, =2=, 363.
Bolton (Mass.), =5=, 137.
Bonaparte, anecdote of, =6=, 270.
Bonsecours Market (Montreal), =5=, 11.
Books, the reading and writing of, =1=, 93-112; how to read, =2=, 112;
the inheritance of nations, 114; catalogue of, =6=, 59, 63, 263; T.'s
gift of, 264; on natural history, reading, =5=, 103-105.
Boots, Canadian, =5=, 51;
Borde, Sieur de la, quoted, =4=, 156.
Boston (Mass.), countrified minds in towns about, =3=, 24; a big
wharf, =4=, 268; newspapers of, 398-400; =5=, 3, 7, 9; Agassiz in,
=6=, 125-132; Alcott in, 190, 236, 237; clubs ridiculed, 345; "Dial"
mentioned, 38, 58-63, 75, 78, 84, 87, 94, 108, 113-117, 129; lectures
and lecturers, 189, 190, 192, 358; Miscellany, 83, note, 87, 102;
packet for Cape Cod, 255, 256; publishers, 83, 102, 139, 182, 233,
263, 332, 395.
Botany, T.'s skill in, =6=, 3, 234, 238.
Botta, Mrs. Anne Lynch, =6=, 297.
Botta, Paul Emile, quoted, =1=, 107, 130.
Boucher, quoted, =5=, 91.
Boucherville (Que.), =5=, 20.
Bouchette, Topographical Description of the Canadas, quoted, =5=, 41,
42, 63, 64, 89, 92, 94, 95.
Bound Rock, =1=, 5.
Bout de l'Isle, =5=, 20.
Bowlin Stream, =3=, 308.
Box, living in a, =2=, 32.
Boys, Provincetown, =4=, 218.
Bradbury and Soden, =6=, 83, 102.
Bradford (N. H.), =1=, 380.
Bradford, George P. (H. U. 1825), =6=, 63, 328, 404, 405.
Bradford, T. G. (H. U. 1822), =6=, 19, note.
Brahm, the bringing to earth of, =1=, 141.
Brahman, virtue of the, =1=, 146.
Brahmins, =6=, 224, 299, 300; their forms of conscious penance, =2=,
4, 5; Walden ice makes T. one with the, 329.
Brand's Popular Antiquities, quoted, =5=, 297, 298.
Brave man and the coward, the, =4=, 277-279.
Bravery of science, the, =5=, 106, 107.
Bread without yeast, =2=, 68-70; discourse on, =6=, 121, 164-166, 260,
268.
Breakers, =4=, 58, 209.
Bream, =1=, 24-26.
Breed's hut, =2=, 285.
Brereton, John, quoted, =4=, 245.
Brewster (Mass.), =4=, 22, 28, 29.
Briars, a field near Walden, =6=, 170, 171.
Bricks, mortar growing harder on, =2=, 266.
Bride and bridegroom, =6=, 199, 200, 207, 302.
Bridgewater (Mass.), =4=, 19.
Brighton--or Bright-town, =2=, 148.
Brister's Hill, =2=, 252, 283, 284, 289, 294.
Brister's Spring, =2=, 289, 291.
Britania's Pastorals, quoted, =1=, 121.
Broadway, New York, =6=, 70, 85, 287, 291.
Brook Farm, =6=, 318, 404.
Brook Island in Cohasset, =4=, 4.
Brooklawn, New Bedford, =6=, 263, 271, 305.
Brooklyn, N. Y., =6=, 70, 290, 296, 297.
"Brother, where dost thou dwell?" verse, =5=, 403; =6=, 74.
Brown, Deacon Reuben, =6=, 141.
Brown, John, the truth about, =4=, 409; the Kansas troubles, 410,
413-416; occupation, descent, and character, 410-414; newspaper
opinions of, 416-425; absurdly called insane, 426-428; small following
of, 432; example of death of, 434, 435; feeling of divine appointment,
436, 437; why guilty of death, 437; quoted, 439, 440; last days of,
441-450; effect of the words of, 444; editors' opinions of, 445; not
dead, 449, 450; T.'s speech in Concord after the death of, 451-454;
=6=, 290; 337, 359, 364; comes to Concord, 358, 359; his capture and
execution, 358-360; is eulogized by T., 359; his companions, 365-367.
Brown, John, Jr., son of preceding, visits North Elba and Boston, =6=,
364.
Brown, Mrs. See Jackson.
Brown, Theo., of Worcester, =6=, 238, 254, 280, 286, 292, 294, 307,
315, 331.
Browne, Sir Thomas, quoted, =1=, 69; =4=, 157, 158.
Brownson, O. A., =6=, 5, 404.