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
Nuair a leagan an sneachta is doimhne ventured Wanderer ar bith in aice le mo theach ar feadh seachtaine nó coicís ag an am, ach tá cónaí orm mar snug mar luch móinéir, nó mar eallaigh agus éanlaithe a rá go bhfuil mhair le haghaidh ar feadh i bhfad faoi thalamh i drifts, fiú gan bia; nó mar sin go luath settler theaghlach i mbaile Chill Fhionntain, sa Stát seo, a bhfuil a teachín a bhí clúdaithe go hiomlán ag an mór sneachta 1717 nuair a bhí sé as láthair, agusQED QED