any other thing, and that in most cases 
good intentions do not lighten the 
offence. My ignorance that time was 
of the effect of eating snow on an empty 
stomach. My intentions were of the 
best, for, being thirsty, I ate several 
handfuls of snow in order to save the 
cook from getting water out of a brook 
that was frozen. But my punishment 
was the same—a severe chill which 
made me very ill. 
I had been cold all day, but that is a 
very different thing from having a chill. 
I felt stuffed with snow; snow water ran 
in my veins, snow covered the earth, the 
peaks around me. I was mad with 
snow. They gave me snow whisky 
and put me beside a snow fire. I had 
not told any one what I had done, not 
realising what was the mischief maker, 
and it really looked as though I had 
heart disease, or something dreadful. 
82240) 
Reef Q 
MOO TANIZT 
