When the snow lay deepest no wanderer ventured near my house for a week or fortnight at a time, but there I lived as snug as a meadow mouse, or as cattle and poultry which are said to have survived for a long time buried in drifts, even without food; or like that early settler's family in the town of Sutton, in this State, whose cottage was completely covered by the great snow of 1717 when he was absent, and an
Wanneer die sneeu lê diepste geen swerwer waag naby my huis vir ́n week of twee weke op ́n tyd, maar daar het ek geleef het as knus soos ́ n veldmuis, of soos beeste en pluimvee wat gesê het oorleef 'n lang tyd begrawe in dryf, selfs sonder kos, of soos dat vroeë setlaar se familie in die gemeente van Sutton, in hierdie toestand, was heeltemal wie se cottage gedek deur die groot sneeu van 1717 toe hy afwesig was, en ́nQED QED