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
Доўгі час пахаваныя ў гурбы, нават без ежы, або, як сям'я, што ў пачатку пасяленцаў у горадзе Саттон, у гэтай дзяржаве, чый катэдж быў цалкам пакрыты вялікім Снег 1717, калі ён адсутнічаў, аQED QED