XI. 



MIST, RAIN, AND HAIL. 



AIN and hail, like snow, 

 have for many people 

 a fascination. There 

 is indeed no operation 

 , of Nature that has not 

 its interest ; but the 

 interest is doubtless 

 proportioned to the 

 degree of the mani- 

 festation. At its mi- 

 nimum, doubtless, during the progress of a slow, 

 drizzling shower, the interest in rain — unless it 

 chances to interfere with our pleasures or our 

 business plans — culminates with the heavy and 

 sudden downpour of a thunderstorm. The inter- 

 ference which the incident makes with human 

 operations is probably largely accountable for the 



