Our clothing was insufficient to protect us from the severe cold: we had no boots, the snow got into our shoes and melted there: our ungloved hands became numbed and covered with chilblains, as were our feet: I remember well the distracting irritation I endured from this cause every evening, when my feet inflamed; and the torture of thrusting the swelled, raw, and stiff toes into my shoes in the morning.
Kesztyűtlen kezünk meggémberedett, kezünk-lábunk elfagyott. Esténként, ha lehúztam a cipőmet, tűrhetetlenül fájt és viszketett a fagyás okozta gyulladás, de éppen olyan kínos volt dagadt, sebes, merev lábujjaimat reggel cipőbe kényszeríteni.