74 JUNE 



would not keep one in such heat as this for any- 

 thing. I know two or three dog- owners who send 

 their animals up to the hills every hot weather, 

 even if they stay down themselves ! As for the 

 horses, it seems most cruel work to make them 

 drag carts and carriages; but how else are the 

 masters to get to office, 3 miles away ? It must be 

 done; but the poor animals pant and hang their 

 heads for hours when they get back. Horses are 

 falling everywhere, but so far we have managed to 

 keep ours fairly well, by turning them out under 

 the trees to graze in the afternoon, instead of 

 standing them in a hot stable all day long. Horses, 

 dogs, and ourselves, all are waiting and longing, 

 with tongues out, for the Kains. Every day we 

 anxiously look for the little cloud in the South, 

 which ought soon to rise over the molten sky, and 

 bring us and the whole earth round us relief. 



" Only one more week," I remind the Ancient, 

 who with palm leaf is trying to stir the turbid 

 apoplectic air. 



The Ancient murmurs, "An ice-cold dinner 

 from start to finish, even to the soup." 



I gave it ; last night everything was cold as an 



