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The Hares, Rabbits, Foxes, and Partridges, in _September_ and
the Beginning of _October_, change their Colour to a snowy White, and
continue white till the following Spring.
The Lakes and standing Waters, which are not above 10 or 12
Feet deep, are frozen to the Ground in Winter, and the Fishes therein
all perish. Yet in Rivers near the Sea, and Lakes of a greater Depth
than 10 or 12 Feet, Fishes are caught all the Winter, by cutting
Holes thro' the Ice, and therein putting Lines and Hooks. As soon as
the Fish are brought into the open Air, they instantly freeze stiff.
Beef, Pork, Mutton, and Venison, kill'd in the Beginning of the
Winter, are preserved by the Frost for 6 or 7 Months, entirely free
from Putrefaction. Likewise Geese, Partridges, and other Fowls,
kill'd at the same Time, and kept with their Feathers on and Guts in,
are preserv'd by the Frost, and prove good Eating. All Kinds of Fish
are preserv'd in the same Manner.
In large Lakes and Rivers, the Ice is sometimes broken by
imprison'd Vapours; and the Rocks, Trees, Joists, and Rafters of our
Buildings, are burst with a Noise not less terrible than the firing
of many Guns together. The Rocks which are split by the Frost, are
heaved up in great Heaps, leaving large Cavities behind.
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