1 86 Drifting 



the boat. I could of course make no meas- 

 urements, but appearances suggested that in 

 the middle of the river the drops were less 

 numerous in the proportion of one to five. 

 Does it usually rain harder over land than 

 over wrater ? Heretofore I had seen the rain 

 upon the river while on shore, and was now 

 very glad to have been caught adrift, so as to 

 observe it from a new point of view. It 

 was a beautiful sight, well worth the thorough 

 wetting that I got and which drove me home 

 soon after with pleasant thoughts of my goal- 

 less journey. 



