Index 309 



Washington Heights (N. Y. City), 158 



Washoe Valley (Nevada), 165 



Wash-Tub Brook, North Pownal (Vt.), 188, 190, 193 



Water, pure drinking, 210, 214, 218, 219 



Water-Cress, 162 



Water Persicaria, 84 



Weeping Rocks, or Gregor Rocks, 193 



Welch Farm, Mount O^ta, 139 



Western Gateway of Hoosac Mountain, 13, 14 



West Orange (N. J.), 231 



Wentworth, Governor Benning, 198 



West Peak, State Park, Meriden (Conn.), 129 



West Rock, New Haven (Conn.), 4. 126, 129, 130, 158 



Westville (Conn.), swamps of, 85, 125, 129, 130 



Whale fossil discovered in Vermont, 204 



Whig Tavern, North Adams (Mass.) (1838), 215 



Whippoorwills, chorus of, 95, 96; baby, 96, 175, 176, 205; 



eggs and nest of, 175, 205; habits of, 175, 176 

 Whippoorwill's-Shoes, 206. See Moccasin-Flowers and Cypri- 



pedimn 

 White Mountains (N. H.), 47, 214, 235 

 White Oaks, northern Berkshire (Mass.), region, 76, 121, 183, 



197; road, 120, 183, 196,197, 207; chapel, 196; origin 



of name, 197 

 Whittier, J. G., quoted, on poem, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, 160; 



Mayflowers, 24; Mabel Martin, 39; Seeking of the 



Waterfall, 15; Storm on Lake Asqiiam, 72 

 Whortleberry, 119 

 Whorts of the i6th century, 120 

 Wilbur, Jeremiah, farm of, Notch Valley, northern Berkshire 



216, 220; Thoreau's ascent to Greylock through The 



Notch, 218 

 Wild Cat Express, Hoosac Valley, 120 

 Wild Hens, 174 



Wildmont Cottage, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 232, 233 

 Wild wood or Tiger Lilies, 210 



Williams, Orlando, Swamp, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 234 

 Williams College, Williamstown (Mass.), 76, 219; Thoreau's 



admiration of the location of, 10; Baccalaureate 



Sunday, 70; students, 70, 196; sundial tablet, 228; 



Museum, relics in, 228; Library, 228. 

 Williamstown, Berkshire County (Mass.), 121 

 Willow Dell, North Adams (Mass.), 215 

 Willow Family, 23 

 Wilsey Lot, White Oaks, 184 

 Wintergreens, 23 

 Witch Hollow, Gulf Road, Pownal (Vt.), 16, 23, 56, 98, 138, 



139, 188, 206; orchids of, 108 

 Witts Ledge, North Adams (Mass.), 112 

 Wolf's-Claw, 182 

 Wolfe, Dr., quoted, 222 



