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 very day the shepherds had all gone to Rothbury for their dog-licences; so the sheep were not gathered, and



DIGGING THE IMPRISONED SHEEP OUT OF THE SNOW

on one farm eleven score were lost! The track of that storm was only about five miles broad.

Again, in 1894, we had a disastrous storm, and all the sheep on our hill farms had to be driven in to our home