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 When the rains are violent and of long continuance, they do great michief in the iland, among the plantations; carrying away large tracts of land with coffee, plantain trees, ugar canes, and ground proviions; which are all hurried into the ea. In the towns alo, they often do much damage, cauing the rivers to overflow their banks, or breaking out in freh places, carry away houes, or whatever ele tands in the way of thee dreadful torrents.

Thunder and lightening is eldom o evere in Dominica, or does o much damage there as in many other parts of the Wet Indies; although there have been ome intances of lightening triking veels in the road, damaging houes and killing people; but uch intances are very rare.

Nor are earthquakes, thoe alarming phænomena of nature, o frequent, or o detructive in this, as in many other Wet India ilands; yet,