54 NARRATIVE OF A JOURxVEY 



could feldom dart a ray through the gloom. The rain 

 was frequent and long continued, but feldom heavy. 

 The only inftance in which the rain of one day amount- 

 ed to fo much as three inches, was in the fpace between 

 the ]5th oi AngiiJ}, at 7 P. M. and the l6th, at g-J. 

 The rain, during this period, of 26^ hours, was incel- 

 fant, and the quantity amounted to 10,128 inches. 

 It then abated, but did not entirely ceafe till the 17th, 

 at A\ P. M. The quantity in that interval was 0,629. 

 This it vi'as which caufed the inundation formerly men- 

 tioned. TJie waters continued to rife till the iCth at 

 midnight, and then gradually fubfided ; but it was 

 leveral days before the river was fordable by men or 

 horfes. 



The winds, during this period, were moft fre- 

 quently weft, fometimes N W or S W, twice S S W, 

 four tim.es fouth, and thrice eafterly, commonly light 

 breezes. 



After the rains were over, and the fky cleared up 

 the mid-day and afternoon heat encreafed. By the 

 23d of September, it was 92 ; Odoher ift, 101, and till 

 the middle of November, was feldom under 90. The 

 morning heat during that period gradually decreafed 

 from 73 to aQ. I'he evening from 79 to bj . The 

 dew towards the end of this period was very heavy. 



The winds for the firft two days continued at weft 5 

 afterwards calm and light airs at NE to the end of Sep- 

 tember. To the middle of October , thofe of the NW 

 quarter prevailed, of moderate force, but with fre- 

 quent calms. To the end of the month the NE pre- 

 vailed, and the mornings were hazy. In Noi' ember, 

 till the 6th, the wefterly was the reigning wind, after 

 which, to the 15th, the NE recovered its prevalence : 

 the weather was lefs hazy than towards the end of the 

 preceding month. On the other hand, during Oi'lober^ 

 2 there 



