Colder weather and very windy, but still no snow. A verv little ice along the edges of the river, which does not all melt before night . . .

  I send you herewith 100 pages of “Cape Cod.” It is not yet half the whole. The remainder of the narrative is more personal, as I reach the scene of my adventures. I am a little in doubt about the extracts from the old ministers. If you prefer to, you may omit from the middle of the 86th page to the end of this parcel: (the rest being respected); or perhaps a smaller type will use it up fast enough.

  As for the conditions of sale; if you accept the paper, it is to be mine to reprint, if I think it worth the while, after it has appeared in your journal.

  I shall expect to be paid as fast as the paper is printed, and if it is likely to be on hand long, to receive reasonable warning of it.

  I have collected this under several heads for your convenience. The next subject is “The Beach,” which I will copy out & forward as soon as you desire it.

Yrs
Henry D. Thoreau