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"WALDEN. 
Boards, . . . . . . $8 03|, mostly shanty boards. 
Refuse shingles for roof and sides, . 4 00 
Laths,.1 25 
Two second-hand windows with glass, 2 43 
One thousand old brick, . . . 4 00 
Two casks of lime, » • . . 2 40 That was high. 
Hair, ....... 0 31 More than I needed. 
Mantle-tree iron,.0 15 
Nails,....... 3 90 
Hinges and screws, . . • . 0 14 
Latch, ...... 0 10 
Chalk,..0 01 
m *• . , An )I carried a good part on my 
Transportation,.1 40 > 
In all, ..... $28 12| 
These are all the materials excepting the timber, 
stones and sand, which I claimed by squatter’s right. 
I have also a small wood-shed adjoining, made 
chiefly of the stuff which was left after building the 
house. 
I intend to build me a house which will surpass any 
on the main street in Concord in grandeur and luxury, 
as soon as it pleases me as much and will cost me 
no more than my present one. 
I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter 
can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater 
than the rent which he now pays annually. If I seem 
to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I 
brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my short¬ 
comings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of 
my statement. Notwithstanding much cant and hy¬ 
pocrisy, — chaff which I find it difficult to separate 
from my wheat, but for which I am as sorry as any 
man, — I will breathe freely and stretch myself in this 
respect, it is such a relief to both the moral and phys- 
