March 17, 1859
I realize how water predominates on the surface of the globe. I am surprised to see new and unexpected water-lines, drawn by the level edge of the flood about knolls in the meadows and in the woods – waving lines, rarely if ever recognized or thought of by the walker – which mark the boundary of a possible or probable freshet any spring. . . Nature never forgets it for a moment, but plants grow and insects, etc., breed in conformity to it. Many a kingdom of nature has its boundaries in parallel with this waving line.
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