Thoreau writes in his journal:
P.M.—Went with R. [Daniel Ricketson] and his boys in the Steamer Eagle’s Wing, with a crowd and band of music, to the northeast of Naushon, “Woods Hole,” some fifteen miles from New Bedford; about two hours going. Talked with a Mr. Congdon, cashier of a bank and a vegetarian . . .
A Mr. Wall, artist, at New Bedford, told me of a high pine wood or swamp some miles down Naushon with “storks’ nests” (!) in the pines . . .
Returning, I caught sight of Gay Head and its lighthouse with my glass, between Pasque and Nashawena . . .
Daniel Ricketson writes in his journal:
Spent the forenoon in the Shanty with Thoreau, engaged in ornithology principally and the philosophy of life generally. Went to Naushon Island in the afternoon in the steamer ‘Eagle Wing’ and returned at 6 1/2 in company with our friend H. D. Thoreau, Arthur, and Walton (Daniel Ricketson and His Friends, 290-291).
