Shaking off the
sleet from my ice-glazed hat and jacket, I seated myself near the door, and turning sideways was surprised to see Queequeg near me.
The fitful bursts of
sleet had changed into a steady rain and the horses had heavy work even without a load behind them.
"I saw a light moving about the house, and being nearly blinded by the
sleet, and half frozen besides, drove in at the gate and put up my horse in the old rail stable, where it is now.
The climate is certainly wretched: the summer solstice was now passed, yet every day snow fell on the hills, and in the valleys there was rain, accompanied by sleet. The thermometer generally stood about 45 degs., but in the night fell to 38 or 40 degs.
In another harbour not far distant, a woman, who was suckling a recently-born child, came one day alongside the vessel, and remained there out of mere curiosity, whilst the sleet fell and thawed on her naked bosom, and on the skin of her naked baby!
The sheep stopped in their eating and looked timidly at us; and the cattle, their heads turned from the wind and
sleet, stared angrily as if they held us responsible for both annoyances; but, except these things, and the shudder of the dying day in every blade of grass, there was no break in the bleak stillness of the marshes.
Came days of fog, when even Maud's spirit drooped and there were no merry words upon her lips; days of calm, when we floated on the lonely immensity of sea, oppressed by its greatness and yet marvelling at the miracle of tiny life, for we still lived and struggled to live; days of
sleet and wind and snow-squalls, when nothing could keep us warm; or days of drizzling rain, when we filled our water-breakers from the drip of the wet sail.
The sleet fell all that day unceasingly, a thick mist came on early, and it never rose or lightened for a moment.
We were again upon the melancholy road by which we had come, tearing up the miry sleet and thawing snow as if they were torn up by a waterwheel.
SNOW and
sleet showers hit parts of North Wales yesterday - and more wintry conditions are on the way.
A wintry snap of blustery showers,
sleet and snow will move in to replace the balmy conditions that bathed much of the UK in recent days.
Wales has basked in sunshine over the last few days, but forecasters are warning that hail, thunder and even
sleet are on the way for some areas.
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (KUNA) -- A winter storm brought heavy snow,
sleet, and rain across 39 US states on Wednesday and affected at least 100 million people.
The country will be split weather-wise during the first few days of February with dry and sunny conditions in the north and spells of rain,
sleet and snow in the south.
THE wintry weather which has hit Liverpool in the last few days shows no sign of abating, with more snow and
sleet forecast.
