18 SNOW-STORM. 



that had been placed at my service had 

 received at my hands. 



On remounting, the falling of snow which 

 had fallen in great quantities began to 

 abate, and shortly after, the weather 

 clearing up, the moon, which was at the 

 full, shone forth with a beautiful soft 

 light, to which the snow-covered hills and 

 dales served as strong reflectors. Arriving 

 at Langholm, a distance of, as I said 

 before, twenty-two miles, the guard or- 

 dered a post-chaise and four to Long- 

 town, where, when we changed horses, 

 we found the road perfectly clear and 

 hard, no snow having fallen there. 



Anxious to get to Carlisle, in time 

 for the mail to Liverpool, I promised 

 the boys a crown a -piece if they could 

 accomplish that object; this they did to 

 a minute, and giving them the promised 

 reward I got into the mail, after hastily 

 swallowing a cup of hot coffee. 



