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showed where the levin bolt had struck, dislodging 

 some half a ton of rock in so doing. 



Besides this, two fine days were lost to us for 

 exploring purposes by nay being weak-minded, or 

 perhaps weak-bodied, enough to get a dysenteric 

 attack which left me hors tie combat for that space 

 of time. How or where I contracted it remains a 

 mystery, but the climate of Almissa is a little trying, 

 as the bora always blows through the pass at sun- 

 rise, thus producing a sudden fall of temperature 

 after a hot night. " Sunrise " is perhaps hardly 

 the term to use here for daybreak, as the orb of 

 day does not top the great cliffs till a couple of 

 hours later. For the same reason, the town loses 

 an equal amount of sun in the afternoon. Of 

 course, the Almissites put my indisposition down to 

 our mode of life. " What can people expect who 

 bathe in the sea in all weathers, and sleep in the 

 open air? " 



