Thoreau writes in his journal:
Rode to “Sampson’s” in Middleborough, thirteen miles . . . Passed over a narrow neck between the two Quitticus ponds, after first visiting Great Quitticus on right of road and gathering clamshells there . . .
We soon left the main road and turned into a path on the right, leading to Assawampsett Pond, a mile distant . . .
Returning along the shore, we saw a man and woman putting off in a small boat, the first we had seen . . .
We left our horse and buggy at John Kingman’s and walked by Sampson’s to a hill called King Phillip’s Lookout, from which we got a good view of Assawampsett and Long Ponds . . .
Daniel Ricketson writes in his journal:
Cloudy and windy. Left home at 8 A.M. with H. D. Thoreau and visited several of the Middleboro Ponds, spending most part of the day among them. Home at 6 1/2, dark cloudy evening. Spent an hour on the shore by Betty’s Neck, so called; found the rock with the footmark on it, though not as distinct as when I visited it in 1847.
(Daniel Ricketson and His Friends, 281)
