12 DEL AGO A BAY. 



fashion often occur, driving all before them 

 papers, indeed everything light, being scattered 

 all over the place and out of doors, even pic- 

 tures often being unhooked and thrown down 

 from the walls. 



It is a carious sight to watch the beginning 

 of a storm ; first the fast gathering angry -look- 

 ing black lurid clouds, tinged with a reddish 

 hue ; then the furious, whistling wind ; and then 

 the rain pouring down in torrents, travelling 

 quickly along, and by degrees completely shut- 

 ting out the Bay and shipping from view. 

 At last the town is hidden by the curtain of 

 water, and sweeping up the hill it reaches the 

 house, when it is time to rush in and securely 

 fasten all doors and windows. 



The storms here are often circular, and many 

 a time, when one is fondly hoping all is over, 

 in three hours back again come the wind and 

 rain, raging with unabated fury. 



On the approach of the milder thunderstorms 

 the storm-cloud often looks like a long grey 

 sausage low down by the horizon, but it travels 



