Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 428
ley. It comes slowlyat first, as if to warn the people to go indoors,but when it has acquired sufficient density itfalls. In a moment, almost, the streets andcourtyards are flooded, the fantastic water-spouts that overhang the sidewalks pour outtheir streams like gigantic kettle-spouts, and soloud… … A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN GOING TO TOWN. above him is a sky of spotless blue, while theonly clouds to be seen are insignificant patchesof white along the mountain-sides. Yet, in anincredibly short space of time the whole processmay be repeated. Those who have read of Caracas as the Parisof South America…
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