L ifio. iMK ivnjr^suuNS 
C providentially free. 
,, conjecture ; in a few mi 
THE MONSOONS 
45? 
We are allowed very 
'< 'er. '^oojectuie; in a few minutes the he.avy clouds 
^^'■‘'^>•‘(1 7'*oessed seventeen monsoons in India, but tlirs 
sM UIP— *. • . 
■5's, 
-■ ]7 all in its awful appearance and dreadfu. 
^ situation, on the borders of a 
collect the sniTouuding water, we found ' 
•iyK w ^ few hours in a liquid plain. The tent-pins 
'C| '’”'t)iv ^ down, and left the 
V v iii] 3 „^’^P?-'*^cl to the contending elements. It requires 
j^gaiaiion to conceive the situation of an hundred 
'I hvo V'^^an beings of every description, with more 
q*'*tca^ ’*\*^tlred thousand elephants, cam,els, horses, 
overwhelmed by this dreadful storm, 
V. '•''ovuij Country, whhont any knowledge of high or 
•he whole being covered by an immense Ittke, 
• l5^'islii|^„ ^ l*y thick darkness, which prevented our 
'^a'l'tiJ single object, except such as the vivid glare 
ili'l'^'^P^^.ycd in horrible forms. No language can 
% *7 tip 'vreck of a large encampment thus iiistan- 
covered with water ; amid the 
*:r|'''o sli,.r ,,*'^cn and helpless women, terrif ed by the 
'^'^1-' Ihcir expiring children, unable to afford 
*ti) I'Pv this dreadful night more llian two 
three thoussand cattle peri.sheii, and 
exhibited a shocking spectacle.” 
•'tiris monsoon generally sets in very early in 
/i4 ' '' it “ -At Anjengo,” obseives the above 
Aj*l'8ctaa*'^’^C“ccs with great severity, and presents an 
Wsj j llie inclement weather continues, witli 
tli., 'oleiice, from May to October : during that 
as ocean rolls from a black horizon, 
a scries of floating monniaiii» 
S. 
u* .•'Cary summits, untd they approach tne 
■3‘3'-'h “•opendous accumula ‘ 
iN’,r j».t 
v.'stj - to , upon — 
p?'8ns t ^ Scnerally more tremendous than the rest, 
° C''crwhclm the settlement. The noise of 
and loudest cannon, and, with 
so frequent in the rainy season, 
ations flow in sncees- 
the beach ; every ninth wave 
that of tlie loudest cannon, and, with 
1 Qj- Pouring the tedious monsoon I passed at 
*•' stood upon the trembling sand-bank. 
