Winter Marvels 



[SECOND WEEK 



crystals whose points have 

 melted and which have become 

 ice. 



We may draw or photograph 

 scores of these beautiful crystals 

 and never duplicate a figure. 1 

 Some are almost solid and tabu- 

 lar, others are simple stars or 

 fern-branched. Then we may 

 detect compound forms, crys- 

 tals within crystals, and, rarest 

 of all, doubles, where two dif- 

 ferent forms appear as joined 

 together by a tiny pillar. In 

 all of these we have an epitome 

 of the crystals of the rocks be- 

 neath our feet, only in their 

 case the pressure has moulded 



1 The photographs in this article are the 

 work of Mr. W. A. Bentley. 



