The Natural History of Selborne

My apples, pears, & potatoes secured in the cellar, & kitchen-closet; my meat in the cellar.  Severe frost, & deep snow.  Several men, that were much abroad, made sick by the cold; their hands, & feet were frozen.  We hung-out two thermometers, one made by Dollond, & one by B: Martin: the latter was graduated only to 4 below ten, or 6 degrees short of zero: so that when the cold became intense, & our remarks interesting, the mercury went all into the ball, & the instrument was of no service.