I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men, the former are so much the freer. Men and oxen exchange work; but if we consider necessary work only, the oxen will be seen to have greatly the advantage, their farm is so much the larger. 我常常在想聋丝，不是人在放牛，簡直是牛在牧人，而人放牛是更自由的撼玄。人與牛是在交換勞動甫贯；如果我們考慮的只是必須勞動的話久窟，那么看來牛要占便宜得多帕识，它們的農(nóng)場也大得多潜腻。
從兩年的經(jīng)驗中，梭羅在瓦爾登湖的收入依靠自己的農(nóng)作物卡睦，雖然很少宴胧，但他花的更少，不是省表锻，而是他覺得一個人所必需的食糧也極少麻煩恕齐，而且一個人可以像動物一樣的吃簡單的食物，仍需求少瞬逊，很多東西他自己制作显歧，還有些東西是大自然給予。
daub：v.（胡亂）涂抹? ? n. a daub of paint 少量的油漆
wont：習慣于码耐，常常
blunder：大錯
