Frontier Life Or Tales of the South Western Border
Frontier Life Or Tales of the South Western Border
Sealsfield, Charles, 1793-1864
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each as big as a hen's egg. They strike with the force of enormous hailstones stunning and blinding us. The next moment there is no distinc- tion of drops, the windows of heaven are opened ; it is no longer rain or flood, but a sea, a cataract, a Niagara. The hillock on which I stand, undermined by the waters, gives way and crumbles under me ; in ten seconds' time I find myself in the barranca, which is converted into a river, off my horse, which is gone I know not whither. The only person I se...e near me is Rowley, also dismounted and struggling against the stream, which, already up to our waists, sweeps along 'with it huge branches, and entire trees, that threaten each moment to carry us away with them, TWO NIGHTS IN SOUTHERN MEXICO. 285 jr to crush us against the rocks. We avoid these dangers. God knows how, make violent efforts to Btem the torrent and gain the side of t. L:e barranca ; although, even should we succeed, it is so steep that we can scarcely hope to climb it without assistance.
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