A Voyage to Abyssinia by Father Jerome Lobo





 -   Some,
indeed, have crossed them by means of a cord fastened on both sides
of the water, others tie two - Page 69
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Some, Indeed, Have Crossed Them By Means Of A Cord Fastened On Both Sides Of The Water, Others Tie Two Beams Together, And Placing Themselves Upon Them, Guide Them As Well As They Can, But This Experiment Is So Dangerous That It Hath Cost Many Of These Bold Adventurers Their Lives.

This is not all the danger, for there is yet more to be apprehended from the unwholesomeness of the air, and the vapours which arise from the scorched earth at the fall of the first showers, than from the torrents and rivers.

Even they who shelter themselves in houses find great difficulty to avoid the diseases that proceed from the noxious qualities of these vapours. From the beginning of June to that of September it rains more or less every day. The morning is generally fair and bright, but about two hours after noon the sky is clouded, and immediately succeeds a violent storm, with thunder and lightning flashing in the most dreadful manner. While this lasts, which is commonly three or four hours, none go out of doors. The ploughman upon the first appearance of it unyokes his oxen, and betakes himself with them into covert. Travellers provide for their security in the neighbouring villages, or set up their tents, everybody flies to some shelter, as well to avoid the unwholesomeness as the violence of the rain. The thunder is astonishing, and the lightning often destroys great numbers, a thing I can speak of from my own experience, for it once flashed so near me, that I felt an uneasiness on that side for a long time after; at the same time it killed three young children, and having run round my room went out, and killed a man and woman three hundred paces off.

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