And now the snow and the cold winds and the fierce blizzards from the north came in earnest, and the ponds and lakes began to freeze over.

But with Brown's new fence stretching for miles to the south and east of the open range near home, the drifting cattle brought up against it during the blinding blizzards and huddled there, freezing in the open, or else plodded stolidly along beside it until some washout or coulée too deep for crossing barred their way, so that the huddling and freezing was at best merely postponed.

They remembered one fearful winter, years ago, when most of the families of the little fishing village on the East Harbor had moved far inland to sheltered cabins in the deep woods to escape the cold and the fearful blizzards of the coast.

Jimmy Pigg may have fared badly; Bowers' big pony is in a bad way after that frightful blizzard.

Saturday, June 10.The impending blizzard has come; the wind came with a burst at 9.30 this morning.

No. 10 Camp was much snowed up: I should imagine our light blizzard was severely felt along this part of the route.

This was more like a mid-winter blizzard than any storm had any business being so early in the season.

This deserves description.15 Monday, March 13, A.M.The weather grew bad on Saturday night and we had a mild blizzard yesterday.

"I suppose it wouldn't make any difference if a northeast blizzard were on.

From empty spaces, a soughing tumult leaped forth; and on the instant a furious gust of fine, cutting particles whirled all about, thicker than driven snow in a northern blizzard.

I should imagine occasional blizzards sweep up from the S.E., but none with violence.

We ought to be off C. Crozier on New Year's Day. 8 P.M.Our calm soon came to an end, the breeze at 3 P.M. coming strong from the S.S.W., dead in our teetha regular southern blizzard.

Awoke to a stiff blizzard; air very thick with snow and sun very dim.

This was more like a mid-winter blizzard than any storm had any business being so early in the season.

When will the wretched blizzard be over?

" "I'll bet he's bucked blizzards aplenty in the last two months.