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fifteen cose distant : soon after, a heavy shower fell 

 upon them for some hours, and the river was in a 

 fhort time filled to the very banks, and continued so 

 for many days; and large trees were torn up by the 

 roots, and came driving down with such force by the 

 torrent, that my boat was often endangered. Now, on 

 these hills there was actually no snow whatever ; and 

 as the rise was obviously caused by the rains, it may 

 reasonably be concluded that the same effect has the 

 same cause in other places. 



