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then clearing away the fnow from the top thereof, 
/he perceived a mafs of fnow breaking down to- 
wards the ea/I, on which fhe went back into the 
liable, /hut the door, and toid her fifter of it. In 
lefs than three minutes they heard the roof break 
over their heads, and alfo part of the ceiling of the 
liable. The filler advifed her to get into the rack 
and manger, which fhe did very carefully. The 
afs was tied to the manger, but got loofe by kicking 
and ftruggling, and though it did not break the 
manger, it threw down the little veffel, which the filler 
took up, and ufed afterwards to hold the melted 
fnow which ferved them for drink. 
Very fortunately the manger was under the main 
prop of the liable, and thereby refilled the weight 
of the fnow. Their firft care was to know what they, 
had to eat: the filler faid, /lie had in her pocket 
fifteen white chefnuts : the children faid they had 
breakfa/Icd, and Zhould want no more that day. 
They remembered there were 30 or 40 loaves in a 
place near the liable, and endeavoured to get at 
them, but were not able, by reafon of the vaft 
quantity of fnow. On this they called out for help 
as loudly as they pofiibly could, but were heard by 
nobody. The filler came again to the manger, 
after /lie had tried in vain to come at the loaves, gave 
two chefnuts to the wife, and eat two herfelf, and 
they drank fome fnow water. All this while the afs 
was very re/Ilefs and continued kicking, and the 
goats bleated very much, but loon after they heard 
no more of them. Two of the goats however were 
left alive, and were near the manger ; they felt them 
very carefully, and knew by lb doing that one of 
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