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December 25, 1856. A strong wind from the 

 northwest is gathering the snow into picturesque 

 drifts behind the walls. As usual they resemble 

 shells more than anything, sometimes prows of ves- 

 sels, also the folds of a white napkin or counterpane 

 dropped over a bonneted head. There are no such 

 picturesque snow-drifts as are formed behind loose 

 and open stone walls. 



Journal, ix, 197. 



