half-impervious

Updated: June 29, 2025

They would have tried it even then, but they were far above the belt of timber; they had matches what boy has not? but no WOOD. Still, they were reassured, and even delighted, with this prospect, and so fell asleep again, stewing with the dead bear in the half-impervious snow, and woke up in the morning ravenous, yet to see the sun shining in their faces through the melted snow, and for Jackson Tribbs to quickly discover, four miles away as the crow flies, the cabin of his father among the flaming sumacs.

Bret Harte - Tales of Trail and Town