C 127 ] 



with snow. It seemed as if there could have been 

 none left to reach the ground. These countless zig- 

 zag white arms crossing each other at every possible 

 angle completely closed up the view, like a light drift 

 within three or four rods on every side. The win- 

 triest prospect imaginable. 



Journal, vii, 122, 123, 128. 



