84 The Diflreffes and Jdwntum 

 Wood, where poor Mr. Rounce was fudden- 

 ly taken fo ill, that he was able to get no 

 farther, but fell down on the Ground, with 

 all the Symptoms of Death in his Counte- 

 nance. We ftaid by him two Hours, during 

 which it thundered and lighten'd, as if all Na- 

 ture had been going to be diffolved. At laft 

 Mr. Banijier and I refolved, if pollible, to 

 get to the Town before Night, and procure 

 fome Help for our fick Companion, think- 

 ing it would be hard to fuffer him tp lye and 

 perilh fo near a Town, without endeavour- 

 ing for Affiftance ; we therefore left him, 

 and pofted forward with the utmoft Expe- 

 dition j but we had not gone far before it 

 began to rain with fuch Violence, as foon 

 forced us to climb up a Tree to efcape 

 drowning. The Water prefently rofe in 

 fome Places, that we faw, four Feet and a 

 half ; we were, at that Time, in great Per- 

 plexity, to think what would become of our 

 Fellow-Traveller, who we knew was lying 

 on the Ground in a very helplefs Condi- 

 tion. At length, when the Rain abated, we 

 got down and went on with all Speed, and 

 about two Hours before Sun-fet came al- 

 moft to the Entrance of the Town. 



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