the Natural Part IIL 



alight again in Rmr 'tis as much fu- 

 l^no\ivMq»mtity to the Rain o( colde^ 

 SeafofHSj, SLS thQ Suffs ftwer is then fupei- 

 riour to its powel" in tho/e Seafon^ 

 This is apparent even in thefe Norther^ 

 Q times ^ where the Sijns power is nevei^ 

 yery great, pur Rains in Jme^ J^b* 

 and ^^»/?, being much greater than 

 thofe of the colder Months: the Drops 

 larger, and conlequently heavier : fall; 

 ing thicker, fafter, and with greatef 

 force: ftriking the ground, at their 

 fall, with violence, and making a 

 mighty noife: beating down the fruit 

 from the Trees, proftrating and laying 

 Corn growing in the Fields : and 

 Ibmetimes io filling the Rivers as to 

 make them out-fwell their Banks, and 

 lay the neighbouring Grounds under 

 Water. " But much more apparent is 

 it in the more Southern Regions : in 

 Abafftni4f NtgrittA, Guinea : in the Ea^- 

 Indies : in Brafdy Paraguay, and other 

 Countries of America^ to inftance 

 in no more. In tbefe the Sun fhews a 

 much greater force : and their Rains 

 ( which are periodical, happening al- 

 ways much about the fame time, and 

 lafting feveraji Months ) fall in fuch 

 quantities as to be more like Rivers 



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