SNOW. 13 



bright, though extremely cold, changed 

 on Monday and became very gloomy. 



Anticipating a heavy fall of snow, that 

 might cause me to be pent up in Edin- 

 burgh, I got into the Carlisle mail that 

 stood at the door of the hotel, as soon as 

 I had discharged my bill, and taking an 

 affectionate leave of my brother, was 

 quickly outside the Canongate. 



My companions, three in number, 

 proved to be coach proprietors, who 

 lived at different stages, and disappeared 

 one after the other, till I was left quite 

 alone. 



The snow, as I thought it would, 

 had commenced, and had already obli- 

 terated all appearance of a track or 

 road. While stopping, I asked the guard 

 the cause of the uneasy motion I had 

 experienced. He told me that the vehicle 

 was obliged to deviate from the road, in 

 consequence of the obstructions the snow 

 had created. 



