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Thirds, if not 3 Quarters of a Year. Their firft 

 coming is after the Manner of our fudden April 

 Showers, or hafty Thunder Showers, one in a Day 

 at firft. After this, 2 or 3 in a Day ; at length 

 a- Shower almoft every Hour ; and frequently ac- 

 companied with violent Thunder, and Lightning : Thunder 

 During which Time, the Air has often a faint ful- andLigHt? 

 phureous Smell, where pent up among the Woods. nin 8- 



After this variable Weather, for about 4 or 6 

 Weeks, there will be fettled continued Rains of fe- 

 veral Days and Nights, without Thunder and 

 Lightning, but exceeding vehement, confidering 

 the Length of them. Yet at certain Intervals be- 

 tween thefe, even in the wetteft of the Seafon, 

 there will be feveral fair Days intermix'd, with on- 

 ly Tornado's or Thunder-Showers ; and that 

 fometimes for a Week together. Thefe Thunder- 

 Showers caufe ufually a fenfible Wind, by the 

 Clouds prilling the Atmofphere, which is very re- 

 frefhing, and moderates the Heat : But then this 

 Wind fhaking the Trees of this continued Foreft, 

 their dropping is as troublefome as the Rain it felf. 

 When the Shower is over, you fhall hear a great 

 way together the Croaking of Frogs and Toads, 

 the humming of Moskito's or Gnats, and the hif- 

 fing or fhriekings of Snakes and other Infefts, 

 loud and unpleafant; fome like the quacking of 

 Pucks. The Moskitoes chiefly infeft the low Moskitw. 

 iwampy or Mangrove Lands, near the Rivers or 

 Seas ; But however, this Country is not fo pefter'd 

 with that uneafy Vermin, as many other of the 

 warm Countries are. When the Rains fall a-Land- 

 mong the Woods, they make a hollow or ratling Floods, 

 found : But the Floods caus'd by them often bear 

 down the Trees as I obferv'd in relating my Paf- 

 fage over Land. Thefe will often barricado and 

 dam up the River, till 'tis clear'd by another Flood 

 that fhall fet the Trees all afloat again. Sometimes 



