SNOW. 



EBN .though the wind 

 may blow, and desolate 

 as may be the out- 

 look from warm habit- 

 able rooms upon 

 fallen snow, there is, 

 nevertheless, more 

 than a charm, there is 

 a strange fascination, 

 in a snow-storm. Who 

 has not felt this charm and experienced this fasci- 

 nation when looking at the operation of one of the 

 most silent, yet one of the most beautiful of the 

 forces of Nature ? In the sounds of Nature, there 

 is much to impress our sense of hearing. There 

 are few amongst us, probably, who do not ex- 

 perience a feeling of awe at the sudden crash of 

 thunder with its accompanying reverberations ; 



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