276 NATURAL APPEARAKCES. 



our welfare and happiness. Behold our fields and 

 gardens ! they are indeed buried in snow ; but this 

 is necessary, in order to preserve them from the cold, 

 as well as to prevent the grain from "corrupting. 

 The ground requires rest, after having yielded in the 

 summer all wfewant for the winter. If our present 

 support had not been provided for, if in this severe 

 season we were obliged to cultivate the earth, there 

 might be some foundation for our complaints. But 

 all our wants are supplied, and we enjoy a repose 

 suitable to the season. 



