When it shines over the shoulder of the Pike it throws wonderful lights on the snow." Kit agreed, and after he started his horses they went on together.

By and by Grace resumed: "When I met you yesterday, your father said the sledges often ran down too fast and you could not put up a proper load." "That is a drawback.

You see, there's plenty peat cut; the trouble is to bring it down.

After the heavy rain, we couldn't drag the stone-boats across the boggy moor, and although the snow has made this easy, it hasn't helped much otherwise.

If we put up a big load, there's some danger of the sledges overtaking and knocking down the horses where the track is steep." "And you can't see a way of getting over the difficulty ?" Kit said he could not and Grace's eyes twinkled.
"Then I can.