In some places, the wind, eddying round the corners, formed the snow into tall whirling columns, resembling those waterspouts which turn round on their base, and which vessels attack with a shot from a gun.
En ciertos ángulos se formaban rápidos remolinos de aire, y la nieve, acumulándose en las altas columnas giratorias, parecía una de esas trombas líquidas que dan vueltas sobre su base.