248 UNDER THE OPEN SKY 



ONE INCH OF RAIN MAKES TEN 

 OF SNOW 



SNOW CRYSTALS 



Let the fine flakes of snow that fall on a 

 crisp, cold day drop on the surface of your 

 sleeve or hat, and you will see many patterns 

 in many storms, but they are all variations 

 of the six-pointed star. The points them- 

 selves have points, and these again may 

 branch, and all are put together into such a 

 delicate filigree as to take up a great deal 

 of room and weigh very little indeed. An 

 inch of rainfall, the drops frozen as they 

 form into delicate crystals, will make ten 

 inches of snow. As a result these crystals 

 cannot pack tightly and smother the life 

 that lies buried but not dead beneath them. 

 But, on the other hand, they keep it warm 

 and comfortable until the return of the 

 spring sun. 



We are told that " God tempers the wind 

 to the shorn lamb," and it is equally true 

 that He tempers the winter winds to all His 

 creatures. Cold of itself does little harm 



