Now and then the balance was lost, but she was soon up again, and again used the wind to maintain her position.

The brilliant cockbirds return in the early spring, or at least appear to do so, for the habits of birds are sometimes quite local.
It is probable that in severe and continued frost many hedgehogs die.

On January 19 [1879], in the midst of the sharp weather, a hedgehog came to the door opening on the garden at night, and was taken in.

Though carefully tended, the poor creature died next day: it was so weak it could scarcely roll itself into a ball.

As the vital heat declined the fleas deserted their host and issued from among the spines.