Excerpt from Excursions The Excursions of the present volume follow the arrangement of the volume bearing that title in the Riverside Edition, which differed somewhat as to con tents from the Excursions collected by Thoreau's sister after his death, and published in 1863 by Messrs. Ticknor Fields. The Biographical Sketch by Emer son which prefaced the latter appears in the first volume of the present edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.