tS TRAVELS IN 
by fo many fighs and fuch continued fufferlng. 
It was not long before the rain poured down 
on all parts : for three hours it fell in torrents^ 
its noife contending with that of the thunder, 
which ceafed not to roll over our heads. All 
my people were running to and fro in the 
liorm, feeklng and congratulating one another 
with an air of triumph, at finding themfelves 
thus unexpectedly bathed : they were beings 
re-animated : you would have faid they endea- 
voured to fwell out their bodies, as if to olFer a 
larger furface to the rain, and imbibe the more 
of it. For my part, I found it fo agreeable to 
foak myfelf in like manner, that, in order to 
retain the grateful coolnefs more efiedually, I 
refolved not to take off my clothes. The cold, 
however, of which at length I became fenfible, 
obliged me to depart from jiiy refolution, and I 
ftripped myfelf completely, and again crept 
under my cloak. 
So much happinefs could not end In forrow. 
An eaft wind arofe to difperfe and carry away 
from us the remains of the clouds ; the fky 
refumed its clearnefs ; and the fun, which the 
evening before had ferved only to parch our 
bodies, now feeraed to rife merely to repair 
the 
