History of the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in North America . , which they sing, Father Fremiot says, inhating they sing, congregationally, the Mass and Ves-pers, in their own dialect, to the notes of the Komanchant; and, at sundown, on the day of the Lord, theygather, for the fourth time that day, to recite in commonthe Kosary of Our Lady Mary the Immaculate. It is cold there in the winter. A young man, whowas travelling in the woods, arrived here with hischeeks and chin frozen black and blue; and I myself,on going to the fort by a road through the forests,took off my gloves for about
History of the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in North America . , which they sing, Father Fremiot says, inhating they sing, congregationally, the Mass and Ves-pers, in their own dialect, to the notes of the Komanchant; and, at sundown, on the day of the Lord, theygather, for the fourth time that day, to recite in commonthe Kosary of Our Lady Mary the Immaculate. It is cold there in the winter. A young man, whowas travelling in the woods, arrived here with hischeeks and chin frozen black and blue; and I myself,on going to the fort by a road through the forests,took off my gloves for about two minutes to wipe myspectacles, covered with a double coat of ice, causedby the respiration, for I had a shawl over my face;but I found it utterly impracticable. My breath, in-stead of melting the ice, only served to thicken it. Icould not have thought that this operation would havefrozen my fingers; but I became f)ainfully aware of ita quarter of an hour afterwards, on entering a houseand experiencing a sudden transition from cold to heat, • Annales, xv. TlIK IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. IN North 415 I went out immediately to rub tliem iu snow; but itwas ali-eaclj a little too late, and this painful sensationcontinued foi- two or three days. On this occasion,also, we were obliged to tliaw tlie chalice three timesduring one Mass, although there was by the side ofthe priest a chafingdish, and two stoves in the what will appear to you still more incredible is,that the wine actually fioze in the cruet, placed onlyhalf a foot above the stove! A journey during thisseason is not exactly like a pleasure excursion. Ima-gine that on some occasions, as was the case lastspring, we have to walk on the melting ice, softenedto the depth of half a foot, or make our way, with awatchful eye, across the clefts which present them-selves on all sides. Sometimes, also, as it haj)penedthis winter, we have to cross the woods, without anyroad to guide us, wandering from the e
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