278 NATOCRAL*HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 
been properly insulated, the shock might have been given to a 
whole circle of people. 
I forgot to mention before, that, during the two severe days, two 
men, who were tracing hares in the snow, had their feet frozen; and 
two men, who were much better employed, had their fingers so. 
affected by the frost while they were thrashing in a barn, that a 
mortification followed, from which they did not recover for many 
weeks. 
This frost killed all the furze and most of the ivy, and in many 
places stripped the hollies of all their leaves. It came at a very 
early time of the year, before old November ended ; and yet may 
be allowed from its effects to have exceeded any since 1730-40. 
