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Hares were seen on the shores of the bay, and mice in such abundance that their burrows completely honeycombed the ground. [Illustration: ] The Doctor drew the attention of his companions to the fact, that almost all these animals were beginning to lose their white winter dress, and would soon put on summer attire, while nature was already providing mosses, and poppies, and saxifragas, and short grass for their sustenance. A new world lay beneath that melting snow. HARES WERE SEEN ON THE SHORES OF THE BAY AND MICE WERE IN SUCH ABUNDANCE THAT THEIR BURROWS COMPLETELY HONEYCOMBED THE GROUND THE DOCTOR DREW THE ATTENTION OF HIS COMPANIONS TO THE FACT THAT ALMOST ALL THESE ANIMALS WERE BEGINNING TO LOSE THEIR WHITE WINTER DRESS AND WOULD SOON PUT ON SUMMER ATTIRE WHILE NATURE WAS ALREADY PROVIDING MOSSES AND POPPIES AND SAXONFRIDGES AND SHORT GRASS FOR THEIR SUSTENANCE A NEW WORLD LAY BENEATH THAT MELTING SNOW
ch had suffered greatly by the explosion. They cleared away the blocks piled up by the animals, and filled up the rents in the walls, working with might and main, enlivened by the many songs of old Johnson. Next morning there was a singular rise in the temperature, the thermometer going up to 15° above zero. This comparative heat lasted several days. In sheltered spots the glass rose as high as 31°, and symptoms of a thaw appeared. The ice began to crack here and there, and jets of salt water were thrown up, like fountains in an English park. A few days later, the rain fell in torrents. Thick vapour rose from the snow, giving promise of the speedy disappearance of these immense masses. The sun's pale disc became deeper in colour, and remained longer above the horizon. The night was scarcely longer than three hours. [Illustration: ] Other tokens of spring's approach were manifest of equal significance, the birds were returning in flocks, and the air resounded with their deafening cries.  THE HOUSE WHICH HAD SUFFERED GREATLY BY THE EXPLOSION THEY CLEARED AWAY THE BLOCKS PILED UP BY THE ANIMALS AND FILLED UP THE RENTS IN THE WALLS WORKING WITH MIGHT AND MAIN ENLIVENED BY THE MANY SONGS OF OLD JOHNSON NEXT MORNING THERE WAS A SINGULAR RISE IN THE TEMPERATURE THE THERMOMETER GOING UP TO FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE ZERO THIS COMPARATIVE HEAT LASTED SEVERAL DAYS IN SHELTERED SPOTS THE GLASS ROSE AS HIGH AS THIRTY ONE DEGREES AND SYMPTOMS OF A THAW APPEARED THE ICE BEGAN TO CRACK HERE AND THERE AND JETS OF SALT WATER WERE THROWN UP LIKE FOUNTAINS IN AN ENGLISH PARK A FEW DAYS LATER THE RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS THICK VAPOUR ROSE FROM THE SNOW GIVING PROMISE OF THE SPEEDY DISAPPEARANCE OF THESE IMMENSE MASSES THE SUN'S PALE DISK BECAME DEEPER IN COLOR AND REMAINED LONGER ABOVE THE HORIZON THE NIGHT WAS SCARCELY LONGER THAN THREE HOURS OTHER TOKENS OF SPRING'S APPROACH WERE MANIFEST OF EQUAL SIGNIFICANCE THE BIRDS WERE RETURNING IN FLOCKS AND THE AIR RESOUNDED WITH THEIR DEAFENING CRIES
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